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York Brook Conservation Area

York Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

York Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wampatuck Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.16518, -71.10932

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • KIA Andrew R. Wood Jr. Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Willian F. Deady Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Edgar A. Halliden Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • All Souls Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Army Memorial: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Earl Newhouse Waterfront: 1.3 mi
  • Augustine "Augie" Decembrele Field: 1.3 mi
  • Cabot Devoll Field: 1.4 mi
  • Ponkapoag Playground: 1.8 mi
  • Paul Revere Heritage Site: 2.2 mi
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 1.8 mi
  • South Beach: 8.1 mi
  • North Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 8.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Artworks
  • TOOTHY!!!: 2.4 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 2.7 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 2.8 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 4.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.0 mi
Attractions
Museums
Cliffs: 56
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.2 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN 356°193 m3.2 mi
Moose HillWSW 242°163 m6.1 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 32°156 m4.6 mi
Hancock HillN 11°155 m3.7 mi
Buck HillNNE 27°151 m3.8 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 33°151 m4.7 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 34°145 m4.9 mi
Hemenway HillN 7°140 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29831079

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