Bancroft Tower
Bancroft Tower is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Dates from 1900.
Wikidata Q4854170, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Salisbury Park: 0.1 mi
- The Quad: 0.4 mi
- Institute Park: 0.5 mi
- Elm Park: 0.6 mi
- Newton Hill at Elm Park: 0.6 mi
- Earle Square: 0.4 mi
- Jonas Rice Memorial and Homesite Marker: 0.5 mi
- Rogers-Kennedy Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Tau Beta Pi Bent: 0.5 mi
- Fraternity Rock: 0.6 mi
- Hadwen Arboretum: 1.6 mi
- Clark University Property: 1.7 mi
- Tettaset Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Fowler Brook Gorge: 2.2 mi
- Cooks Pond: 2.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.0 mi
- Newton Hill: 0.7 mi
- Hancock Hill: 0.8 mi
- Poet Hill: 0.9 mi
- Belmont Hill: 1.1 mi
- Human Chess Board: 0.4 mi
- Tremont Columns: 0.6 mi
- Celtic Cross: 1.2 mi
- Turtle Boy: 1.3 mi
- Egg-Ice to Steel: 1.4 mi
- Worcester Wall: 1.6 mi
- Thinking Rock: 2.0 mi
- The Explorer Express Train: 2.6 mi
- Mine Shaft: 2.7 mi
- Path Continues: 2.7 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 1.5 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 1.7 mi
- Secret Garden: 7.4 mi
- Lawn Garden: 7.4 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 0.7 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 0.9 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- EcoTarium: 2.6 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 3.0 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 5.0 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 10.3 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 10.6 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 12.4 mi
- Memorial Beach: 13.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 2.7 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 6.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Ice Fall: 15.5 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 15.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.9 mi
- Emerson Falls: 19.2 mi
- Picnic: 22.5 mi
- Dana: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Bancroft Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | WNW 293° | 421 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Asnebumskit Hill | WNW 298° | 399 m | 5.0 mi |
| Crocker Hill | WNW 296° | 369 m | 6.0 mi |
| Elliott Hill | W 274° | 359 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cooper Hill | WNW 283° | 358 m | 5.1 mi |
| Howe Hill | W 280° | 352 m | 4.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | WNW 295° | 343 m | 6.8 mi |
| Stonehouse Hill | NW 316° | 330 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:33 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/254498943
Day trips start here
- Worcester · 1 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 4 mi
- Shrewsbury · 5 mi
- Millbury · 6 mi
- Blackstone Valley · 9 mi
- Spencer · 9 mi
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