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Arcade Pond

Arcade Pond from directly overhead

Arcade Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.11368, -71.67742

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Whitin Park Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Northbridge Town Common: 0.8 mi
  • Lasell Field: 1.1 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 1.9 mi
  • Rockdale Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Bad Lands: 1.6 mi
  • Castle Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Plummers Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 2.1 mi
  • William Hill: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 2.2 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 2.2 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 6.9 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 10.5 mi
Artworks
Museums: 51
Gardens: 50
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 12.8 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 18.9 mi
  • 1: 20.1 mi
  • 36: 20.1 mi
  • 35: 20.2 mi
  • 16-34: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Condo Rock: 9.9 mi
  • The Wall: 10.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.7 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Scar Hill Bluffs: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Arcade Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillWSW 237°277 m8.4 mi
Goat HillW 264°268 m7.0 mi
Bare HillWSW 253°262 m8.0 mi
Whittier HillW 274°256 m6.7 mi
King HillWNW 289°253 m3.9 mi
Fort HillW 261°253 m8.5 mi
Federal HillWNW 285°244 m8.7 mi
Potter HillWNW 294°241 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29763665

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