Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Turtle Rock Farm

Marked private. Do not count on getting in.

Turtle Rock Farm from directly overhead

Turtle Rock Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60179, -71.05989

10.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
10.9 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
11.0 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
20.5 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway

Overlooks nearby

Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 24 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Camp Noquochoke: 0.4 mi
Adult Softball Field: 1.1 mi
Head Of Westport Landing: 1.3 mi
Lincoln Park Greenspace: 2.5 mi
New Bedford Park: 2.6 mi

Historic sites

9/11 Memorial: 2.6 mi
Rhode Island Red Monument: 4.8 mi
Latham Cornell Monument: 5.1 mi
Barn Foundation: 5.4 mi
Sun Dial: 6.3 mi

Museums

Doll Museum: 3.5 mi
New Bedford Fire Museum: 7.1 mi
New Bedford Art Museum: 7.3 mi
Horeseneck Point Lifesaving Station: 7.3 mi
Mariner's Home: 7.4 mi

Peaks

Sherman Hill: 3.8 mi
Yellow Hill: 5.1 mi
Nootas Hill: 5.5 mi
Nannaquaket Hill: 5.5 mi
Nootas Hill: 5.9 mi

Beaches

Attractions57

Bumber Boats: 2.7 mi
Path Continues: 6.6 mi
Path Continues: 6.7 mi
Path Continues: 6.7 mi
Esker: 6.7 mi

Artworks55

Spinwinder: 3.4 mi
Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 9.5 mi
Statue of Roger Williams: 10.8 mi
John Muir Ecological Pier: 11.5 mi
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 11.5 mi

Cliffs22

Ferry Cliff: 10.7 mi
Usher Rocks: 12.6 mi
The Bluff: 13.6 mi
Tree Point Rocks: 14.6 mi
Marys Seat: 14.7 mi

Gardens20

Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
Woodcart Garden: 3.1 mi
Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 7.1 mi
Ecological Oasis: 8.7 mi
Burchard Triangle: 9.3 mi

Lighthouses4

Springs4

Crystal Spring: 13.0 mi
Plum Point Spring: 19.2 mi
Elizabeth Spring: 20.7 mi
Roger Williams Spring: 24.0 mi

Waterfalls3

The Falls: 20.6 mi
East Greenwich Falls: 21.0 mi
Payne's Pond Falls: 21.2 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 14.5 mi
Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 14.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Turtle Rock Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Copicut Hill	N 360°	109 m	8.3 mi
Pocasset Hill	WNW 297°	95 m	7.7 mi
Slate Hill	WSW 248°	87 m	11.5 mi
Cook Hill	WNW 302°	85 m	7.8 mi
Townsend Hill	NW 308°	77 m	8.1 mi
Townsend Hill	NW 308°	77 m	8.1 mi
Turkey Hill	W 268°	69 m	10.5 mi
Yellow Hill	N 353°	64 m	5.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:49	18:20	18:56
June solstice	05:11	19:41	20:23
September equinox	06:32	18:07	18:43
December solstice	07:08	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	30	31	38	47	57	66	72	71	63	53	43	35
Precip in	3.7	3.0	4.8	4.0	3.3	3.6	3.0	3.8	3.6	4.6	4.3	4.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29898330

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