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Ashburnham State Forest

Ashburnham State Forest from directly overhead

Ashburnham State Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 431 m. Burton Peak stands 605 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2007-01-18
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.71122, -71.97493

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bush Hill: 0.0 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Griswold Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Weatherbee Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Swallow Hill: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Wellington Park: 1.7 mi
  • Wellington Park: 1.8 mi
  • Ridge Common: 3.2 mi
  • Rindge Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Winchendon Community Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Clyde II: 4.5 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 6.0 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 10.4 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 11.6 mi
  • Armillary: 14.2 mi
Museums: 35
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 6.2 mi
  • Ashby Historical Society: 8.2 mi
  • Gardner Museum: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 29
Beaches: 24
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 2.0 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 2.6 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 6.1 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Trap Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 14
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 11.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Ashburnham State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burton PeakNNE 30°605 m8.3 mi
New Ipswich MountainNE 51°563 m3.8 mi
Barrett MountainNE 41°561 m4.6 mi
Mount WataticESE 103°555 m4.3 mi
Pratt MountainENE 62°551 m3.2 mi
Kidder MountainNE 43°549 m6.9 mi
Stony TopNE 55°531 m3.4 mi
Wildcat HillNE 41°529 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435564696760483827
Precip in3.23.34.24.04.14.23.94.44.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham N, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29755791

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