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Wildlands Trust - Brockton Audubon Preserve

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Wildlands Trust - Brockton Audubon Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorchester Brook Management Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.08494, -71.07350

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hancock Field: 0.6 mi
  • Sheep Pasture: 1.5 mi
  • D.W. Field Park: 1.6 mi
  • Harold D. Bent Playground: 2.0 mi
  • D W Field Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Gifted 1962 Fire Hydrant: 1.3 mi
  • SPD PATROLMAN DUNCAN R. FLEMMING SQUARE: 1.5 mi
  • Joseph L. Duffy Square: 1.8 mi
  • William E. Mitchell Square: 1.8 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 1.9 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 3.1 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 3.2 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 4.8 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.2 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.8 mi
Gardens
Beaches
Cliffs: 50
  • King Philip Rock: 5.6 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 5.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 9.4 mi
  • The Shield: 10.3 mi
  • S Wall: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 11
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Wildlands Trust - Brockton Audubon Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNW 347°193 m9.0 mi
Moose HillWNW 291°163 m7.7 mi
Chickatawbut HillN 4°156 m9.5 mi
Hancock HillN 353°155 m9.3 mi
Buck HillN 359°151 m9.0 mi
Fenno PeakN 4°151 m9.5 mi
Nahanton HillN 5°145 m9.7 mi
Hemenway HillN 352°140 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830039

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