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Wheaton Farm Management Area

Wheaton Farm Management Area from directly overhead

Wheaton Farm Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Old Bay Road, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Easton Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.00018, -71.11161

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Wheaton Farm Walking Trails: 0.6 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.0 mi
  • Blackbrook Nature Reserve: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Old Shed: 1.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 1.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.8 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 4.5 mi
  • To Woodward Forest: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 4.8 mi
  • Pratt Memorial Statue: 8.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.4 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 8.7 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 9.1 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Barbara Road Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak Grove: 5.0 mi
  • 12: 10.3 mi
  • 11: 10.3 mi
  • 8: 10.3 mi
  • 7: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 17.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Wheaton Farm Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 329°163 m10.0 mi
Bluff HillNW 326°138 m9.5 mi
High RockWNW 295°127 m9.9 mi
Pinnacle HillWNW 290°126 m11.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNW 346°122 m6.5 mi
Bald HillWNW 284°121 m13.4 mi
Knuckup HillWNW 289°119 m11.9 mi
Sunrise HillW 270°118.87 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766727163514233
Precip in4.43.85.44.73.64.33.53.84.15.14.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norton W, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29834874

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