Watson Pond State Park
Watson Pond State Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Erwin S. Wilder Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 19 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 16.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 17.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Point · 11 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 12 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Erwin S. Wilder Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Woods: 1.8 mi
- Charlotte/River Road: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
- Betty Hill: 5.9 mi
- Shpack Hill: 6.2 mi
- Great Meadow Hill: 7.2 mi
- Annawan Rock: 7.8 mi
- Toad Island Park: 1.6 mi
- Hopewell Park: 2.8 mi
- Borden Colony Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Taunton Green: 3.5 mi
- Church Green: 3.6 mi
- Path Continues: 2.3 mi
- Old Shed: 2.6 mi
- Old Shed: 2.6 mi
- To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 3.0 mi
- To Woodward Forest: 3.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Anchor Monument: 3.7 mi
- The Old Bay Road: 3.8 mi
- Arthur Cleveland Bent Memorial Cabin: 4.9 mi
- Milo monument: 5.8 mi
- Old Colony History Museum: 3.7 mi
- Children's Museum Easton: 8.1 mi
- Attleboro Arts Museum: 8.6 mi
- Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 8.6 mi
- Falls Fire Barn Museum: 10.4 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 4.9 mi
- West Common: 7.5 mi
- Big A Hedge: 8.6 mi
- Katie's Garden: 9.4 mi
- Nature's Play Area: 9.4 mi
- Pratt Memorial Statue: 7.0 mi
- Oliver Ames: 8.3 mi
- "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 8.5 mi
- "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 8.5 mi
- Cuddy Court Creatures: 8.7 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 11.0 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 11.8 mi
- Pierce Beach: 12.8 mi
- Lingan Street Beach: 14.1 mi
- Sweatt Beach: 14.9 mi
- King Philip Cave: 9.3 mi
- King Philip Rock: 9.5 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 11.7 mi
- White Banks: 13.3 mi
- Summit Wall: 16.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 8.1 mi
- 8: 10.8 mi
- 11: 10.8 mi
- 12: 10.8 mi
- 7: 10.8 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 14.2 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 14.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 17.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 18.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.2 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Watson Pond State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | NNW 337° | 163 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bluff Hill | NNW 335° | 138 m | 12.4 mi |
| High Rock | NW 311° | 127 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | NW 305° | 126 m | 12.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 351° | 122 m | 9.8 mi |
| Knuckup Hill | WNW 304° | 119 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | WNW 289° | 118.87 m | 10.8 mi |
| Dudley Hill | NNW 329° | 116 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 1 mi away.
- Monarch25 obs
- American Toad21 obs
- Blue Dasher17 obs
- Small Milkweed Bug17 obs
- Green Frog17 obs
- eastern white pine16 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush15 obs
- Red Milkweed Beetle15 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358264351
Day trips start here
- Taunton · 4 mi
- Bridgewater · 8 mi
- Mansfield · 8 mi
- Attleboro · 9 mi
- Bristol-Norfolk · 9 mi
- Brockton · 10 mi
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