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Barber Reservation

Barber Reservation from directly overhead

Barber Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is McGregor Quarry, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24648, -71.41059

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • McGregor Quarry: 0.8 mi
  • Dopping Brook Wetlands: 1.2 mi
  • Dopping Brook Wetlands: 1.3 mi
  • Rocco Parcel: 1.3 mi
  • Abandoned Pumping Station: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Bates Park: 1.1 mi
  • Merchant Road Fields: 1.2 mi
  • Anna Murphy Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Arlington Street Park: 1.9 mi
  • Irving Square Historic District: 2.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • War veterans memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 2.9 mi
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.7 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 3.4 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 5.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 5.6 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 6.3 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 57
Cliffs: 47
  • The Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Condo Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.1 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 13.1 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 12.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNNW 344°183 m7.1 mi
Saddle HillW 272°158 m6.6 mi
Gibbs MountainNNW 328°153 m6.9 mi
Snow HillESE 104°137 m6.4 mi
Juniper HillNNW 340°136 m6.7 mi
Bald HillSW 216°132 m2.8 mi
Wildcat HillWNW 298°132 m4.4 mi
Oak HillWNW 302°130 m5.6 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29777430

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