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Crystal Spring

Crystal Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Crystal Spring is a spring in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Elegancia Estates Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 18 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68391, -70.83329

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tinkham Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mendall Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Vaughn Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Tarkiln Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Great Hill: 6.0 mi
Parks
  • Wolf Island Town Well Field: 1.6 mi
  • Quadequena Club Tennis Courts: 2.1 mi
  • Shipyard Park: 2.1 mi
  • Dexter Lane Fields: 3.4 mi
  • Town Field: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Cliffs: 24
Artworks: 21
  • Spinwinder: 9.7 mi
  • Merchant Marine Memorial: 11.5 mi
  • Tree of Bike: 12.2 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 13.8 mi
  • Whale Tail: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 19
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 19.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Crystal Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillWNW 283°109 m12.0 mi
Pine HillE 83°93 m13.9 mi
Flatrock HillENE 72°82 m16.0 mi
Avery HillENE 77°80 m14.6 mi
Deer Horn HillE 97°71 m12.7 mi
Ridge HillW 275°64 m10.0 mi
Yellow HillW 267°64 m12.3 mi
Tinkham HillNW 325°64 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:1019:4020:22
September equinox06:3118:0618:42
December solstice07:0815:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138475766727163534335
Precip in3.73.04.84.03.33.63.03.83.64.64.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs65.267.592.475.445.018.713.56.611.720.635.957.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mattapoisett River Near Mattapoisett, MA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Painted Turtle18 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush11 obs
  • American Robin10 obs
  • Ghost Pipe10 obs
  • eastern white pine10 obs
  • American Bullfrog10 obs
  • Eastern Milksnake10 obs
  • sensitive fern9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7555423743

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