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Thicket St Conservation Land

Thicket St Conservation Land from directly overhead

Thicket St Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Blueberry Hill Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

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Coordinates42.13979, -70.96808

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Parks
  • Laidler Field: 0.5 mi
  • Richard E. Gifford Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Patch Park: 1.3 mi
  • Lawn Park: 1.3 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Pine Hills: 3.2 mi
  • Locust Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Farm Hills: 3.9 mi
  • Beech Hill: 4.4 mi
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
  • House Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Herring Run: 5.5 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 6.3 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.6 mi
  • USS Salem: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 43
  • The Shield: 7.3 mi
  • S Wall: 8.0 mi
  • R Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Q Wall: 8.0 mi
  • N Wall: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 2.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 9.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Thicket St Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNW 320°156 m7.4 mi
Hancock HillNW 310°155 m8.5 mi
Fenno PeakNW 320°151 m7.4 mi
Buck HillNW 313°151 m7.5 mi
Nahanton HillNW 322°145 m7.4 mi
Hemenway HillNW 309°140 m8.6 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 322°133 m7.3 mi
Tucker HillNW 310°133 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688642

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