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Town Brook Flood Control

Town Brook Flood Control from directly overhead

Town Brook Flood Control is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dearing Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1996-08-20
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Braintree
Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.21881, -71.01807

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dearing Park: 0.5 mi
  • Daily Soccer Field: 1.0 mi
  • Middle Street Woodlands: 1.1 mi
  • French's Common: 1.1 mi
  • Sunset Lake Beach: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Babel Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Wampatuck Hill: 1.5 mi
  • The Crags: 1.6 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Beaches
  • Smith Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Back Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Sailors Snug Harbor Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Norton Road Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Heron Beach: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 46
  • The Shield: 1.4 mi
  • S Wall: 1.9 mi
  • R Wall: 1.9 mi
  • Q Wall: 1.9 mi
  • N Wall: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Babcock Arboretum: 3.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 4.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 6.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 7.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 14.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 14.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Town Brook Flood Control. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillW 264°193 m4.9 mi
Chickatawbut HillW 276°156 m2.2 mi
Hancock HillW 269°155 m4.0 mi
Fenno PeakW 276°151 m2.1 mi
Buck HillW 264°151 m2.9 mi
Nahanton HillW 281°145 m2.0 mi
Hemenway HillW 269°140 m4.2 mi
Kitchamakin HillW 278°133 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
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 °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/712528744

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