Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Town Forest
Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Diamond Hill stands 144 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter Bird Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.85329, -71.30964
- 3.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 6.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 8.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 8 mi
- Lookout Point · 10 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Carpenter Bird Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
- Town Forest: 0.4 mi
- Carpenter Woods: 0.5 mi
- Runnins River Wetland: 0.6 mi
- Read Woods: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Great Rock: 1.2 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fowlers Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Terrydiddle: 4.0 mi
Parks
- Bridgham Farm Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Slater Park: 2.2 mi
- George Patrick Duffy Athletic Complex: 2.4 mi
- Rehoboth Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Doreen Tomlinson Feild: 2.9 mi
Museums
- Hunt House Museum: 2.6 mi
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 3.1 mi
- Carpenter Museum: 3.1 mi
- Lippitt House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 60
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 2.6 mi
- Hunts Mill Pump House: 2.6 mi
- Slater Mill: 4.1 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 5.6 mi
- Waterplace Park: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
- Home plate of the demolished McCoy Stadium: 3.4 mi
- Plante-Quintairo Memorial: 3.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Liberty Arming the Patriot: 4.3 mi
- Collyer Monument: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- The Hummingbird Palace: 4.3 mi
- Indomitable: 4.8 mi
- P-131317: 5.0 mi
- Circle Dance: 5.1 mi
- Under the Laurentide: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 39
- Edgewood Beach: 6.7 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 7.0 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 8.0 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 8.0 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 27
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 4.9 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 5.0 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 7.5 mi
- 4: 10.0 mi
- 6: 10.0 mi
- 3: 10.0 mi
- 5: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Summit Wall: 7.0 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 7.1 mi
- Jade Boulder: 7.1 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 7.1 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 7.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 6.9 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 7.2 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 9.2 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 9.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Cascade Brook Falls: 13.4 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.8 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.9 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 19.2 mi
- The Falls: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
- Roger Williams Spring: 5.4 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 16.1 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Hill | NNW 332° | 144 m | 11.4 mi |
| Wolf Hill | WNW 282° | 144 m | 11.6 mi |
| Copper Mine Hill | NW 322° | 137 m | 11.4 mi |
| Tracy Hill | W 273° | 131 m | 10.9 mi |
| Jenckes Hill | WNW 294° | 129 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 322° | 126 m | 8.9 mi |
| Snake Den | W 268° | 120 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | N 359° | 118.87 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29883054
Day trips start here
- Seekonk · 3 mi
- East Providence · 4 mi
- Pawtucket · 4 mi
- Central Falls · 5 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 5 mi
- Providence/Fox Point · 5 mi
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