Walpole Town Forest
Walpole Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Pond Reservoir, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 19.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 6 mi
- Lookout Point · 10 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 17 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clark Pond Reservoir: 0.5 mi
- Clarks Pond Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Spring Brook Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Neponset Riv Wat Consv Prj: 1.2 mi
- Cedar Hill/Cedar Swamp: 1.2 mi
- Fire Fighters Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Historic and Cultural Resources: 0.8 mi
- Bradford Lewis Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Old Chimney: 2.1 mi
- Cistern: 2.3 mi
- Blackburn Common: 0.8 mi
- Memorial Pond Park Area: 0.8 mi
- Blackburn Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Spring Brook Park: 0.8 mi
- Lewis Park: 1.8 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 1.5 mi
- South Beach: 6.8 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 6.9 mi
- Powissett Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sweatt Beach: 7.0 mi
- Pierce Hill: 1.9 mi
- Moose Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bluff Hill: 2.3 mi
- Dudley Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hobbs Hill: 3.0 mi
- The Patriots Hall of Fame: 2.9 mi
- Morse House: 3.3 mi
- Kingsbury Grist Mill: 3.8 mi
- Sharon Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Peak House Museum: 4.5 mi
- Tom Brady: 3.0 mi
- Deborah Sampson: 3.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 4.1 mi
- Zullo Gallery: 4.6 mi
- TOOTHY!!!: 6.5 mi
- 2: 3.9 mi
- 1: 3.9 mi
- 13: 4.3 mi
- 14: 4.3 mi
- 15: 4.4 mi
- Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
- Formal Garden: 8.0 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 8.0 mi
- West Common: 9.4 mi
- Julia's Garden: 9.8 mi
- King Philip Rock: 5.3 mi
- King Philip Cave: 5.4 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 9.7 mi
- The Shield: 12.8 mi
- The Wall: 12.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.7 mi
- 36: 9.7 mi
- 35: 9.7 mi
- 16-34: 9.8 mi
- 15: 9.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
- Boathouse: 22.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.8 mi
- Boston Light: 22.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 10.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 22.1 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 22.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.3 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 24.0 mi
- Haywardville: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Walpole Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | NE 52° | 193 m | 8.8 mi |
| Moose Hill | ESE 110° | 163 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bluff Hill | SE 129° | 138 m | 2.3 mi |
| Snow Hill | NNW 343° | 137 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cedar Hill | NNW 347° | 134 m | 5.7 mi |
| Wolcott Hill | NE 53° | 132 m | 9.2 mi |
| High Rock | SSW 200° | 127 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | SSW 213° | 126 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29818585
Day trips start here
- Walpole · 1 mi
- Sharon · 4 mi
- Foxborough · 5 mi
- Medfield · 5 mi
- Norwood · 5 mi
- Bristol-Norfolk · 6 mi
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