Wards Rock
Wards Rock is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaws Cove, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1960
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 21.5 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 21.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Shore Marshes Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Macomber Pimental Park: 1.1 mi
- Camp Echo: 1.3 mi
- Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation: 2.7 mi
- Rogers School: 2.8 mi
- Brant Beach: 1.2 mi
- Grand Vue Beach: 2.4 mi
- Mattapoisett Town Beach: 3.1 mi
- Medeiros Beach: 3.2 mi
- Pico Beach: 3.4 mi
- Fort Phoenix: 2.9 mi
- New Bedford Merchant Mariners: 3.5 mi
- Battery Walcott: 3.5 mi
- World War II: 3.5 mi
- Battery Gaston: 3.6 mi
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 3.6 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum: 4.0 mi
- Mariner's Home: 4.0 mi
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center: 4.0 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 4.1 mi
- Tinkham Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mendall Hill: 5.6 mi
- Tarkiln Hill: 6.1 mi
- Round Hill: 7.3 mi
- Great Hill: 8.7 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 3.9 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 4.0 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 4.0 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 4.0 mi
- Path Continues: 9.0 mi
- The Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 10.5 mi
- Nobska Point: 10.9 mi
- South Bluff: 11.3 mi
- South Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Spinwinder: 8.3 mi
- Rachel Carson: 11.4 mi
- Whale Tail: 11.4 mi
- Helen Keller: 11.4 mi
- Tree of Bike: 13.0 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 4.2 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 9.9 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 11.4 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 12.1 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 3.6 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 12.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 16.2 mi
- Keeper's House: 16.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 16.2 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 22.2 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 22.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.3 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 23.5 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 15.8 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 4.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Wards Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | WNW 301° | 109 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 68° | 93 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cook Hill | W 278° | 85 m | 17.8 mi |
| Avery Hill | ENE 64° | 80 m | 16.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | W 281° | 77 m | 17.7 mi |
| Townsend Hill | W 281° | 77 m | 17.7 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | E 80° | 71 m | 13.5 mi |
| Whiting Hill | SSE 154° | 68 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 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 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29695189
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 1 mi
- Mattapoisett · 3 mi
- New Bedford · 5 mi
- Dartmouth · 6 mi
- Marion · 7 mi
- Rochester · 7 mi
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