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April Woods

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April Woods from directly overhead

April Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Nashoba Farms, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56112, -71.45861

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Nashoba Farms: 0.5 mi
  • Westford Land: 0.9 mi
  • Kloppenburg Parcel: 1.2 mi
  • Heald Parcel: 1.3 mi
  • Burn’s Hill Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Conant Park: 1.5 mi
  • Westford Town Common: 1.7 mi
  • Freedom Park: 1.8 mi
  • 300 King Street Park: 1.9 mi
  • Long Lake Beach: 2.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Westford Community Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • ABRHS Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 5.8 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Forge Village Honor Roll: 2.0 mi
  • Prouty Woods Community Forest Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Westford Knight: 2.2 mi
  • Sergeant William Woitowicz Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Major Moses Poor Palmer: 3.5 mi
Attractions
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 3.1 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 4.2 mi
  • Wetlands Viewing Area: 4.3 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 4.3 mi
  • Vernal Pool Viewing area: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 34
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 21
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 8
  • Wamesit Falls: 9.4 mi
  • The Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Cascades: 17.3 mi
  • Trap Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of April Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillSW 236°187 m5.6 mi
Chestnut HillNW 311°157 m6.4 mi
Prospect HillWNW 300°149 m5.4 mi
Brown LoafNW 306°141 m5.3 mi
Gibbet HillWNW 303°139 m6.1 mi
Prospect Hill (468')NE 38°135 m1.4 mi
Pingry HillW 262°133 m4.3 mi
Baralock HillNW 320°132 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29782757

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