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Wildlands Trust - Tucker Preserve

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Wildlands Trust - Tucker Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the east-northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Luddams Ford, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Wildlands Trust
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.09770, -70.83010

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Briggs Field: 1.5 mi
  • Magoun Park: 1.5 mi
  • Myrtle Street Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Herring Run Historical Park: 1.9 mi
  • Town Park: 2.1 mi
Attractions
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 2.1 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 4.5 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 7.9 mi
  • Herring Run: 9.4 mi
  • House Rock: 10.0 mi
Peaks
  • Till Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Perry Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Roundtop: 3.0 mi
  • Bald Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Wildcat Hill: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Dedication to Park Donator: 3.6 mi
  • Plymouth County Hospital: 4.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Ted Drysdale Memorial Bench: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 40
Rest areas: 8
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 2.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 2.9 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 14.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 15.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 11.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Wildlands Trust - Tucker Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillENE 70°77 m5.5 mi
Turkey HillWNW 298°75 m9.3 mi
Prospect HillNNW 348°72 m6.7 mi
Judges HillN 4°71 m6.5 mi
Mount BlueN 1°66 m6.2 mi
Black Pond HillNNE 12°64 m5.9 mi
Locust HillW 265°62 m6.6 mi
Telegraph HillE 80°61 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0618:42
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693616

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