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Turner Homestead Conservation Area

Turner Homestead Conservation Area from directly overhead

Turner Homestead Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Borderland State Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2001-05-24
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.04943, -71.14282

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Edwin A. Keach Park: 0.8 mi
  • New Pond Dam: 1.8 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.0 mi
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 1.3 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Old Shed: 4.4 mi
  • Old Shed: 4.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.5 mi
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 2.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 5.6 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 5.6 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • King Philip Cave: 2.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.9 mi
  • The Shield: 13.7 mi
  • S Wall: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.4 mi
  • 12: 9.4 mi
  • 11: 9.4 mi
  • 13: 9.4 mi
  • 8: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Turner Homestead Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 7°193 m11.3 mi
Moose HillNW 325°163 m6.3 mi
Hancock HillNNE 12°155 m11.9 mi
Buck HillNNE 17°151 m11.9 mi
Hemenway HillN 11°140 m11.8 mi
Bluff HillNW 320°138 m5.8 mi
Tucker HillNNE 14°133 m11.7 mi
Wolcott HillN 9°132 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/875557837

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