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Wheelwright Conservation Area

Wheelwright Conservation Area from directly overhead

Wheelwright Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Vinal Pasture Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Scituate Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.21013, -70.80585

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Beechwood Common: 0.7 mi
  • Itchy's Square: 0.8 mi
  • George M. Ingram Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Norman M. Todd Park: 1.3 mi
  • Milliken-Bancroft Field: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Joy Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Booth Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Hope: 1.5 mi
  • James Hill: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 3.8 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 4.1 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 5.8 mi
  • Herring Run: 6.2 mi
  • House Rock: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 8
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 6.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 6.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Wheelwright Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillSE 146°77 m7.1 mi
Prospect HillWSW 246°72 m2.9 mi
Judges HillSSW 212°71 m1.5 mi
Mount BlueSW 215°66 m1.9 mi
Black Pond HillS 180°64 m2.0 mi
Otis HillSSW 204°58 m2.4 mi
Paradise HillS 187°58 m3.3 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 155°58 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/674294245

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