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Town Composting Site

Town Composting Site from directly overhead

Town Composting Site is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockland Street Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.10514, -70.95834

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Murphy Field: 0.6 mi
  • Bill Balentine Park: 0.8 mi
  • Butterfly Park: 1.1 mi
  • Island Grove Park: 1.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Locust Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Beech Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Rye Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Roundtop: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 7.1 mi
  • House Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Herring Run: 7.6 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 8.3 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 8.6 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 39
  • The Shield: 9.7 mi
  • S Wall: 10.4 mi
  • R Wall: 10.4 mi
  • Q Wall: 10.4 mi
  • N Wall: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 4.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Town Composting Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNNW 327°156 m9.7 mi
Fenno PeakNNW 327°151 m9.6 mi
Buck HillNW 322°151 m9.6 mi
Nahanton HillNNW 329°145 m9.6 mi
Kitchamakin HillNNW 328°133 m9.6 mi
Tucker HillNW 319°133 m9.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 264°122 m9.5 mi
Hawk HillNW 324°120 m9.2 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 °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockton, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693306

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