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Thatcher Street Area

Thatcher Street Area from directly overhead

Thatcher Street Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Winter St Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.06411, -70.98065

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • George E. Keith Park: 1.7 mi
  • East Side Improvement Park: 1.9 mi
  • George G. Snow Park: 2.0 mi
  • Otis Street Park: 2.0 mi
  • O'Donnell Playground: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Locust Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Rye Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Spragues Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Beech Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Stonehouse Hill: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Brockton War Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 2.6 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • West Bridgewater Civil War Monument: 3.4 mi
  • All Wars Memorial Monument: 4.2 mi
Artworks
  • The Bell: 2.7 mi
  • Cupid's Kiss Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 6.4 mi
  • Elf Mini Bridge: 6.7 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 7.0 mi
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 9.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 9.1 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 9.3 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 9.3 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 38
  • King Philip Rock: 10.4 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 10.5 mi
  • The Shield: 12.0 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 12.4 mi
  • S Wall: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 14.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 9.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Thatcher Street Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNNW 339°156 m11.7 mi
Buck HillNNW 335°151 m11.5 mi
Fenno PeakNNW 340°151 m11.6 mi
Nahanton HillNNW 341°145 m11.7 mi
Tucker HillNNW 332°133 m11.6 mi
Kitchamakin HillNNW 340°133 m11.7 mi
Houghton HillNNW 330°129 m11.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 283°122 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4120:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockton, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693629

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