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Norwell Village Area Historic District

Norwell Village Area Historic District from directly overhead

Norwell Village Area Historic District is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.16205, -70.78560

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Gaffield Park: 0.5 mi
  • Salt Marsh Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Kapland Land/Teak Sherman Park: 2.5 mi
  • Simon Hill Conservation Land: 2.5 mi
  • Itchy's Square: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Buttonwood Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Paradise Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Turner Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Walnut Tree Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Black Pond Hill: 1.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 2.9 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 3.2 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 6.0 mi
  • Herring Run: 8.1 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 8.4 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Gardens
Cliffs: 43
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.5 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 13.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 18.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 3.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 3.1 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 16.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Norwell Village Area Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillSE 131°77 m3.9 mi
Prospect HillWNW 300°72 m4.2 mi
Judges HillNW 318°71 m2.8 mi
Mount BlueNW 309°66 m2.8 mi
Black Pond HillNW 322°64 m1.7 mi
Telegraph HillSE 125°61 m5.6 mi
Paradise HillW 272°58 m1.4 mi
Otis HillWNW 300°58 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:3016:15

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American holly22 obs
  • Common Watersnake21 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush21 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • eastern white pine17 obs
  • sensitive fern16 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage14 obs
  • Ghost Pipe14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358280108

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