Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is a 1,971 acres wildlife sanctuary located in Sharon, Massachusetts. The property is the oldest property of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, established in 1916.Photo: NewtonCourt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sharon station and Sharon Historic District.
Sharon station
Railway station
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sharon station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Sharon, Massachusetts. It serves the Providence/Stoughton Line. The station has two separate entrances for inbound trains to Boston and for outbound trains to Providence and beyond.
Sharon Historic District
Park
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The Sharon Historic District is a historic district on both sides of N. Main Street from Post Office Square to School Street in Sharon, Massachusetts. The area includes the earliest formally laid out part of Sharon, when it was established as a parish of Stoughton in 1740. Sharon Historic District is situated 1½ miles east of Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary.
Massapoag Lake
Lake
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Massapoag is a 353-acre, natural, springfed lake located in Sharon, Massachusetts. The name Massapoag is Algonquin, meaning "large water". Lake Massapoag is the headwaters of the Massapoag Brook, which flows into the Neponset River. Massapoag Lake is situated 2 miles southeast of Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharon and Walpole.
Sharon
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
Sharon is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,575 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.
Walpole
Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles south of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and 30 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island.
Canton
Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles southwest of Downtown Boston.
Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
- Type: Park
- Description: Protected landscape in Massachusetts
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.12232° or 42° 7′ 20″ northLongitude
-71.20866° or 71° 12′ 31″ westElevation
371 feet (113 metres)Open location code
87JC4QCR+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 358278278OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary”
- German: “Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary”
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