Acton Canoe Launch
Acton Canoe Launch is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hurley Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 19 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hurley Conservation Restriction: 0.4 mi
- Second Division Brook: 0.6 mi
- Sudbury Water District: 0.7 mi
- Steinman Conservation Land: 1.0 mi
- Lewis Street Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Marble Farm Park & Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Maplebrook Park: 1.3 mi
- Kenneth Olsen Plaza: 1.4 mi
- Carbone Park: 1.4 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 1.5 mi
- Faulkner Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Vose Hill: 2.0 mi
- Summer Hill: 2.2 mi
- Discovery Museum: 2.1 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 2.7 mi
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House: 4.6 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 4.8 mi
- Thoreau Cabin replica: 4.8 mi
- Bent Ice House: 2.1 mi
- Captain Sargent Homestead Foundation: 2.7 mi
- John Robbins Foundation: 2.7 mi
- Henry Gardner house site: 2.9 mi
- Isaac Davis Home Site: 3.0 mi
- Diamond Crossing: 2.2 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 2.4 mi
- Ayshire Horse Farm: 2.4 mi
- Captain Miles House: 2.6 mi
- Colonel Barrett House: 3.3 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- ABRHS Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Conantum Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Planted Canoe: 4.3 mi
- Monument Square: 4.3 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 4.1 mi
- Minute Man Statue: 4.5 mi
- Chime Wall: 4.6 mi
- Amadinda: 4.6 mi
- Civil War Monument: 5.4 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 4.3 mi
- Memorial Beach: 6.9 mi
- Centennial Beach: 7.0 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 8.1 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 8.9 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 6.6 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Lunch Wall: 14.8 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 9.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 14.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.0 mi
- Cascades: 20.5 mi
- Emerson Falls: 22.4 mi
- The Falls: 23.2 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 14.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 19.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 9.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 16.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 24.5 mi
- Haywardville: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Acton Canoe Launch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | S 189° | 183 m | 6.6 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | SSW 192° | 152 m | 6.7 mi |
| Flagg Hill | WNW 296° | 139 m | 3.9 mi |
| Stevens Hill | WSW 255° | 127 m | 6.7 mi |
| Marble Hill | W 272° | 126 m | 4.5 mi |
| Tippling Rock | S 186° | 125 m | 5.9 mi |
| Spindle Hill | W 262° | 123 m | 4.7 mi |
| Birch Hill | WSW 250° | 121 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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