Hanson Town Forest

Hanson Town Forest is a forest in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Hanson Town Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Wampatuck, as well as near Camp Kiwanis.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Camp Kiwanee and Hanson station.

Camp Kiwanee

Park

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Camp Kiwanee is a summer camp and function facility at 1 Camp Kiwanee Road in Hanson, Massachusetts. The core of the property is a summer estate called "The Needles" which was built by industrialist Albert Cameron Burrage between 1899 and 1905.

Hanson station

Railway station

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Hanson station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hanson, Massachusetts, served by the Kingston Line. It is located off Main Street in the South Hanson village.

Indian Head Pond

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Indian Head Pond is a 121-acre pond in Hanson, Massachusetts. The pond is a tributary to Furnace Pond, a public water supply, and is the headwaters to Indian Head Brook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hanson and Pembroke.

Hanson

Town

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Rockland is a town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts. Its population was about 18,000 in the 2020 census. Abington is a town with a population of roughly 17,000.

Pembroke

Town

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Pembroke is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Pembroke is a South Shore suburb of the Boston metropolitan area. The town is located approximately halfway between Boston and Cape Cod.

Whitman

Town

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Whitman is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,121 at the 2020 census. It is located approximately 20 miles south of Boston on the western edge of the South Shore.

Hanson Town Forest

Type: Forest
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.06113° or 42° 3′ 40″ north

Longitude

-70.86314° or 70° 51′ 47″ west

Elevation

95 feet (29 metres)

Open location code

87JF346P+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358259606

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

GeoNames ID

4938831

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Satellite Map

Discover Hanson Town Forest from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Town Forest and Hanson Police Dept.

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