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Barre Falls Project Area

Barre Falls Project Area from directly overhead

Barre Falls Project Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the east-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Harding Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.42860, -72.02584

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Harding Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Fairweather Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Oak Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Comet Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Savage Hill: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Charles Clark Corner: 3.5 mi
  • Felton Field: 3.6 mi
  • Curtis Recreation Field: 3.7 mi
  • Town Common: 4.1 mi
  • Rufus Putnam Park: 4.9 mi
Attractions
  • The Barre Cross: 4.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.3 mi
  • Old Car: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 31
  • Gardner Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Fisher Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 11.3 mi
  • Old Town Hall: 15.0 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 28
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 13.8 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 14.3 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Guitar: 13.6 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 15.3 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 15.3 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 15.4 mi
  • Tremont Columns: 15.5 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Lashaway Park Town Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 14.4 mi
  • West Brookfield Town Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 8
  • Emerson Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Cascades: 14.5 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Barre Falls Project Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettENE 59°609 m8.2 mi
Little WachusettENE 71°476 m7.3 mi
Pine HillENE 63°440 m8.8 mi
Brown HillENE 70°401 m6.7 mi
Canesto HillN 349°400 m6.1 mi
Church RockNE 44°398 m8.4 mi
Dolbier HillNNW 349°389 m8.3 mi
Rice HillESE 123°386 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4720:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665706861493930
Precip in3.53.03.63.93.74.24.14.54.44.93.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/877366823

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