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Southborough Town Pound

Southborough Town Pound from directly overhead

Southborough Town Pound is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the east-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is horseshoe sculpture, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30679, -71.53222

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • horseshoe sculpture: 0.3 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 5.4 mi
  • Stegosaurus: 5.8 mi
  • Fireball: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Clear Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Wolfpen Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Vickery: 1.2 mi
  • Fairview Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Kallander Field: 1.4 mi
  • Women Veterans Park: 1.9 mi
  • Jericho Hill: 2.0 mi
  • George Mooney Park: 2.3 mi
  • John Street Park: 2.6 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Martha Templeman Plaque: 1.9 mi
  • Watkins Woods Plaque: 1.9 mi
  • John Brown Bell: 2.9 mi
  • Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 2.9 mi
  • War veterans memorial: 4.7 mi
Attractions
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 4.5 mi
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 5.4 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 7.2 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 7.3 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 7.3 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Site 9: 15.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 36
Cliffs: 21
Rest areas: 5
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 23.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascades: 22.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Southborough Town Pound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillENE 57°183 m5.0 mi
Sligo HillNW 326°172 m3.4 mi
Newtons HillWSW 238°166 m3.0 mi
Pleasant HillNNW 331°164 m2.7 mi
Jericho HillNW 312°161 m2.2 mi
Fairmount HillNNW 338°161 m2.5 mi
West HillNNW 330°160 m3.9 mi
Saddle HillS 185°158 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 10 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee32 obs
  • Common Garter Snake30 obs
  • Western Honey Bee29 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage28 obs
  • Asian bittersweet28 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander26 obs
  • sensitive fern24 obs
  • Bald Eagle23 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1337591897

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