Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Tucker Cove
Tucker Cove is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Wadkin Hill stands 224 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is King Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.02882, -71.58483
- 11.2 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 13.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.9 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 20.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Point · 14 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 15 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- King Property: 0.3 mi
- Mansfield Pond: 0.7 mi
- Albee Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Iyons Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Town Forest: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Estey Hill: 0.9 mi
- Waterbug Hill: 1.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.6 mi
- Premisy Hill: 3.1 mi
- Daniels Hill: 3.3 mi
Parks
- Kendall Dean School: 1.9 mi
- High Rocks Gorge: 1.9 mi
- Slatersville Village Green: 1.9 mi
- Carroll Park: 2.0 mi
- Halliwell: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Taft - Main House: 2.7 mi
- Woonsocket Civil War Monument: 4.0 mi
- Crash Site Monument: 4.3 mi
- Oakland Mill: 5.6 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 6.9 mi
Artworks
- Statue of Hachikō: 4.1 mi
- Statue: 8.3 mi
- Hoyt Statue: 14.3 mi
- George V. Brown Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 14.8 mi
Museums
- Museum of Work and Culture: 4.1 mi
- Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center: 7.0 mi
- National Park Lowe Mill: 7.5 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 9.1 mi
- Dorr Rebellion Museum: 9.3 mi
Attractions
- Cumberlandite: 6.8 mi
- Fat Man's Misery: 9.6 mi
- Devil's Corncrib: 9.6 mi
- Teetering Rock: 10.8 mi
- Chattering Rock: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 48
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
- Rain Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Julia's Garden: 14.1 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 36
- Spring Lake Beach: 4.8 mi
- Flynns Beach: 5.1 mi
- YWCA Beach: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 7.8 mi
- Chilson Beach: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 20
- Site #36: 11.4 mi
- 1: 13.9 mi
- 36: 14.0 mi
- 16-34: 14.0 mi
- 35: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Woodward's Rock: 10.7 mi
- Condo Rock: 10.9 mi
- The Wall: 10.9 mi
- Pond Cave: 11.5 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 9.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 10.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.3 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Brook Falls: 10.4 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 17.0 mi
- Cargill Falls: 18.5 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Roger Williams Spring: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Bara-Hack: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Tucker Cove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadkin Hill | W 276° | 224 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 280° | 210 m | 6.6 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SW 234° | 204 m | 9.0 mi |
| Wallum Pond Hill | W 272° | 202 m | 9.1 mi |
| Absalona Hill | SSW 193° | 198 m | 8.7 mi |
| Keech Hill | SSW 192° | 194 m | 7.8 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | SSE 156° | 180 m | 3.9 mi |
| Misoe Hill | N 2° | 180 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29776424
Day trips start here
- Blackstone · 2 mi
- Woonsocket · 4 mi
- North Smithfield · 5 mi
- Burrillville · 6 mi
- Milford · 8 mi
- Smithfield · 8 mi
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