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Union Street Woodland

Union Street Woodland from directly overhead

Union Street Woodland is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Street Field, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.15212, -70.76889

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
  • Marshfield Hills: 1.4 mi
  • Buttonwood Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Walnut Tree Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Hagar Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Bald Hill: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 1.8 mi
  • Caesar: 4.2 mi
  • Coast Guard Hill Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
  • Gannett's Corner: 4.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Mann Farmhouse: 3.0 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 3.8 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 5.5 mi
  • Herring Run: 9.1 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 9.5 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Gardens
Cliffs: 41
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 9.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 14.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 19.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 2.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 2.5 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 15.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 12.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Union Street Woodland. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillSE 132°77 m2.8 mi
Prospect HillWNW 302°72 m5.3 mi
Judges HillNW 316°71 m3.8 mi
Mount BlueNW 309°66 m3.9 mi
Black Pond HillNW 317°64 m2.7 mi
Telegraph HillSE 124°61 m4.5 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 156°58 m1.4 mi
Paradise HillWNW 288°58 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/288074357

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