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Wellesley Street Conservation Area

Wellesley Street Conservation Area from directly overhead

Wellesley Street Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.35460, -71.30334

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • Case Park: 0.7 mi
  • Boston Post Road Historic District: 0.7 mi
  • Soldiers Field Town Park: 0.9 mi
  • The Terraces: 0.9 mi
  • Town Square: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Richard Saivetz '69: 2.3 mi
  • Usen Castle: 2.6 mi
  • Wayland Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Old Camp 2 Foundation: 3.1 mi
  • Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Elephant Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Ponyhenge: 3.5 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.0 mi
  • Piccadilly Square Chair: 5.8 mi
Gardens
  • Bob's Island: 3.9 mi
  • Yvonne’s Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 4.7 mi
  • Italinate garden: 4.7 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 43
  • Picnic Site 9: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 3.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Wellesley Street Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNE 47°135 m3.5 mi
Little ProspectNE 50°133 m3.2 mi
Reeves HillWSW 255°122 m2.5 mi
Goodman HillWNW 285°119 m5.4 mi
Doublet HillESE 105°108 m1.5 mi
Pine HillNNW 347°106 m5.9 mi
Fullers HillNNE 29°105 m5.3 mi
Maugus HillSSE 150°101 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29743216

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