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Well Site

Well Site from directly overhead

Well Site is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Monks Hill stands 83 m to the south, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Furnace Brook Watershed, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.10319, -70.72118

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • South River Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dandelion Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kent Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kent Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 0.7 mi
  • Coast Guard Hill Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 5.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Myles Standish Monument: 6.5 mi
Peaks
  • Pudding Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Tea Rock Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Carolina Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Snake Hill: 1.9 mi
Museums
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions: 51
Cliffs: 34
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 12.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 18.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 3.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 3.3 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 15.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Well Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monks HillS 180°83 m9.8 mi
Carolina HillNNW 345°77 m1.6 mi
Prospect HillNW 312°72 m9.3 mi
Judges HillNW 320°71 m8.0 mi
Mount BlueNW 317°66 m8.0 mi
Black Pond HillNW 321°64 m6.9 mi
Telegraph HillENE 57°61 m1.5 mi
Marshfield HillsNW 318°58 m2.8 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 °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693462

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