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Town Forest

Town Forest from directly overhead

Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Red River Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 6.0 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1988-07-13

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68169, -70.02859

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Larsen Park: 2.1 mi
  • Brooks Park: 2.2 mi
  • Veterans' Park: 3.4 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 3.4 mi
  • Kate Gould Park: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 38
  • Cannon Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Watch Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Grassy Nook: 5.1 mi
  • Deer Park Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Nauset Beach Dunes: 5.7 mi
Museums: 34
Historic sites: 32
Attractions: 15
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 2.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.7 mi
  • rest area: 7.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 23.1 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 23.6 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnick Area: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillN 356°165 m5.3 mi
Telegraph HillW 279°85 m23.9 mi
Discovery HillW 278°77 m22.9 mi
Signal HillWNW 295°60 m8.8 mi
Clay HillW 271°58 m17.0 mi
Black Ball HillWNW 292°45 m9.0 mi
Mill HillNNE 12°41 m6.7 mi
The HighlandsN 356°41 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0515:2916:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29844157

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