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West Bacon Street Land

West Bacon Street Land from directly overhead

West Bacon Street Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Whortleberry Hill stands 169 m to the west-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Telford Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.00441, -71.34347

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Telford Park: 0.3 mi
  • Columbia Field: 0.8 mi
  • Field of Dreams: 0.9 mi
  • LeStage Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Harold Burns Memorial Wildlife Arboretum: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Museums
  • Falls Fire Barn Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Attleboro Arts Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 6.6 mi
Artworks
  • Lloyd G. Balfour Riverwalk Scupture: 5.0 mi
  • "Inspire Thru Art" Mural: 5.1 mi
  • Cuddy Court Creatures: 5.1 mi
  • "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 5.3 mi
  • "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Cumberlandite: 5.8 mi
  • G's Place: 6.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.4 mi
  • Trailers: 6.6 mi
  • The Glen: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 43
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Barbara Road Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Chilson Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Frank Moody State Beach: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 34
Picnic sites: 25
  • 1: 1.4 mi
  • 36: 1.5 mi
  • 16-34: 1.5 mi
  • 35: 1.5 mi
  • 2: 1.5 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 2.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 3.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 6.9 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 24.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Roger Williams Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of West Bacon Street Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whortleberry HillWSW 255°169 m9.7 mi
Moose HillNE 39°163 m10.6 mi
Beacon Pole HillW 263°162 m5.5 mi
Rocky HillWSW 239°155 m9.9 mi
Catamint HillW 268°152 m5.2 mi
Bald HillWNW 299°145 m6.3 mi
Diamond HillW 265°144 m3.6 mi
Sayles HillWSW 249°143 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29837109

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