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Bailey Trail System

Bailey Trail System from directly overhead

Bailey Trail System is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dirty Meadow Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.22833, -71.39226

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 1.4 mi
  • Edwards Plain-Dowses Corner Historic District: 2.2 mi
  • Merchant Road Fields: 2.5 mi
  • Bates Park: 2.6 mi
  • Laurel Farm Baseball and Soccer Fields: 2.6 mi
Museums
Beaches: 60
Historic sites
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 3.8 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 4.1 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 4.2 mi
  • War veterans memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Old Foundation: 4.3 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 4.2 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 5.5 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 5.5 mi
Artworks
  • Zullo Gallery: 5.3 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 6.4 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Fireball: 7.9 mi
  • Stegosaurus: 8.1 mi
Attractions
  • 16: 5.5 mi
  • 15: 5.5 mi
  • 14: 5.6 mi
  • 13: 5.6 mi
  • 1: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • The Wall: 6.6 mi
  • Condo Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 8.6 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 12.9 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Site 9: 12.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Bailey Trail System. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillE 93°137 m5.3 mi
Rocky Woods RangeSW 234°137 m7.0 mi
Cedar HillE 99°134 m6.0 mi
Bald HillWSW 249°132 m2.8 mi
Wildcat HillNW 305°132 m5.9 mi
Oak HillNW 306°130 m7.1 mi
Miller HillSW 235°129 m4.0 mi
Connelly HillWSW 251°127 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29776023

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