Elephant Rock

Elephant Rock is a stone in Town of Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Elephant Rock is situated nearby to the nature reserve Boulder Brook Reservation, as well as near Rocky Ledges.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wellesley College and Whitin Observatory.

Wellesley College

College

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Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of women's colleges in the northeastern United States. Wellesley College is situated 2 miles south of Elephant Rock.

Whitin Observatory

Observatory

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Whitin Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Wellesley College. Built in 1900, with additions in 1906, 1967, and 2010, it is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and named after Wellesley College trustee Mrs. Whitin Observatory is situated 1½ miles south of Elephant Rock.

Wellesley Square station

Railway station

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Wellesley Square station is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line, located just north of the Route 16-Route 135 intersection in downtown Wellesley, Massachusetts. Wellesley Square station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Elephant Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wellesley and Newton Lower Falls.

Wellesley

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Wellesley is a city in Massachusetts in the Greater Boston area. It is a wealthy suburb and home to Wellesley College, Babson College and Mass Bay Community College. Wellesley includes the villages of Babson Park and Wellesley Hills.

Newton Lower Falls

Village

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Newton Lower Falls is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The commercial area extends across the Charles River into Wellesley, where it is known as Wellesley Lower Falls, where a majority of the retail businesses are located. Newton Lower Falls is situated 3 miles east of Elephant Rock.

Felchville

Neighborhood

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Felchville is a populated place in Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Felchville is situated 3 miles southwest of Elephant Rock.

Elephant Rock

Type: Stone
Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
Location: Town of Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.31577° or 42° 18′ 57″ north

Longitude

-71.30844° or 71° 18′ 30″ west

Open location code

87JC8M8R+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1927266014

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=stone

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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