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Observation Tower

Observation Tower from directly overhead

Observation Tower is an attraction in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 611 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the east-southeast, less than a tenth of a mile off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
25 m
Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.48909, -71.88697

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Forrester: 2.2 mi
  • Goodnow Park: 2.7 mi
  • Sawyer Field: 2.8 mi
  • Hubbardston Road Park: 3.3 mi
  • Westminster State Forest: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Korean War Bell: 6.9 mi
  • Leominster Civil War Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 7.0 mi
Attractions
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 4.2 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 5.9 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.6 mi
  • Whale Rock: 6.7 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 8.4 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 10.3 mi
  • Folly: 12.0 mi
  • Pan Statue: 12.1 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 35
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Inner Park: 12.0 mi
Museums: 33
Beaches: 27
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 9.3 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 9.5 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Emerson Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cascades: 6.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 9.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 10.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Observation Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettESE 108°609 m0.0 mi
Little WachusettS 185°476 m1.8 mi
Pine HillESE 102°440 m0.7 mi
Brown HillSSW 203°401 m2.1 mi
Church RockNNW 327°398 m2.2 mi
Prentiss HillWNW 289°386 m2.9 mi
Ragged HillWNW 287°386 m7.0 mi
Bickford HillNW 323°385 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/965373046

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