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Vinal Pasture Conservation Area

Vinal Pasture Conservation Area from directly overhead

Vinal Pasture Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the south-southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheelwright Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.21193, -70.80614

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Beechwood Common: 0.7 mi
  • Itchy's Square: 0.9 mi
  • George M. Ingram Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Norman M. Todd Park: 1.2 mi
  • Milliken-Bancroft Field: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Joy Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Booth Hill: 1.4 mi
  • James Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mount Hope: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 3.9 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 4.1 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 5.8 mi
  • Herring Run: 6.2 mi
  • House Rock: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 8
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 6.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 6.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Vinal Pasture Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillSSE 147°77 m7.2 mi
Prospect HillWSW 244°72 m2.9 mi
Judges HillSSW 209°71 m1.6 mi
Mount BlueSSW 212°66 m2.0 mi
Black Pond HillS 179°64 m2.1 mi
Otis HillSSW 202°58 m2.5 mi
Paradise HillS 186°58 m3.4 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 155°58 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:2916:15

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/674294247

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