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Traphole Brook Land

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Traphole Brook Land from directly overhead

Traphole Brook Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Neponset Valley Lands, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16650, -71.18398

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Farnham-Connolly State Park: 1.0 mi
  • Doherty Field: 1.0 mi
  • Bernie Cooper Riverfront Park: 1.2 mi
  • Charles Elliot Park: 1.2 mi
  • Murphy Field: 1.4 mi
Museums
  • Morse House: 1.4 mi
  • Sharon Historical Society: 2.9 mi
  • Blue Hills Trailside Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Fairbanks House: 5.4 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Deborah Sampson: 2.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.8 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 3.9 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 5.1 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 5.8 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 4.9 mi
  • South Beach: 5.4 mi
  • North Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 4.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 6.2 mi
  • 2: 6.8 mi
  • 1: 6.8 mi
  • 13: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 54
  • Breakneck Ledge: 5.6 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 6.2 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 6.5 mi
  • The Shield: 8.7 mi
  • R Wall: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 3.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Traphole Brook Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNE 49°193 m4.8 mi
Moose HillSSW 207°163 m3.3 mi
Chickatawbut HillENE 58°156 m7.4 mi
Hancock HillNE 52°155 m5.8 mi
Buck HillENE 59°151 m6.5 mi
Fenno PeakENE 59°151 m7.4 mi
Nahanton HillENE 59°145 m7.7 mi
Hemenway HillNE 50°140 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830162

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