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Town Forest

Town Forest from directly overhead

Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 8.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.57341, -71.08746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sherman Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Nootas Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Nootas Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Nannaquaket Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Simmons Hill: 5.7 mi
Parks
  • Adult Softball Field: 1.9 mi
  • Camp Noquochoke: 2.0 mi
  • Head Of Westport Landing: 3.6 mi
  • New Bedford Park: 4.1 mi
  • Weetamoo Woods: 4.5 mi
Beaches
Museums
Artworks: 54
  • Spinwinder: 5.8 mi
  • Statue of Roger Williams: 10.3 mi
  • Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 10.6 mi
  • The Sky Improvement Society's Home for Troubled Clouds: 11.7 mi
  • Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Bumber Boats: 5.0 mi
  • Newport Polo: 8.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 22
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 15.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Big Beach: 24.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillN 8°109 m10.3 mi
Pocasset HillNW 315°95 m7.7 mi
Slate HillWSW 256°87 m9.5 mi
Cook HillNW 320°85 m8.0 mi
Townsend HillNW 324°77 m8.5 mi
Townsend HillNW 325°77 m8.6 mi
Turkey HillW 280°69 m9.2 mi
Barber HeightsW 259°67 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1119:4120:23
September equinox06:3218:0718:43
December solstice07:0815:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506069757467554536
Precip in4.03.85.64.53.63.73.03.83.94.54.14.9

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29883146

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