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Ponyhenge

Ponyhenge from directly overhead

Ponyhenge is an attraction in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Longmeadow, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

About

The story

roadside art installation in Lincoln, Massachusetts

Dates from 2010.

Wikidata Q140301469, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
2010
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.40137, -71.32919

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Codman Community Farm: 0.9 mi
  • Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Sculpture park: 0.9 mi
  • Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 1.1 mi
  • Park Bench: 1.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Italinate garden: 1.2 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 1.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Conantum Community Gardens: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Last Out: 2.1 mi
  • Ferma: 2.1 mi
  • Two Big Black Hearts: 2.1 mi
  • Decordova Ball: 2.2 mi
  • Migration - Series 7: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Emerson's Cliff: 2.4 mi
  • Thoreau Cabin site: 2.9 mi
  • Thoreau Bean Field: 2.9 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 3.6 mi
  • Ayshire Horse Farm: 3.8 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 2: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 3.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Ponyhenge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillESE 103°135 m4.0 mi
Little ProspectESE 107°133 m4.0 mi
Reeves HillSSW 196°122 m4.0 mi
Goodman HillWSW 245°119 m4.3 mi
Annursnac HillNNW 327°110 m6.3 mi
Loring HillENE 61°109 m5.4 mi
Doublet HillSE 142°108 m4.6 mi
Pine HillN 360°106 m2.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5078947887

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