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Bear Meadow Brook Conservation Area

Bear Meadow Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Bear Meadow Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. New Ipswich Mountain stands 563 m to the north-northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ripple Beach Cove, a beach 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.68769, -71.95641

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Rocky Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Bush Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Swallow Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Little Watatic Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Whitney Hill: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • Wellington Park: 3.6 mi
  • Wellington Park: 3.6 mi
  • Winchendon Community Park: 4.1 mi
  • Militia Training Field: 4.5 mi
  • Wendall P. Clark Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 4.1 mi
  • Clyde II: 4.9 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 10.5 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 13.1 mi
  • CAVA: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 40
Museums: 36
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 4.3 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 4.8 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Ashby Historical Society: 6.9 mi
  • Gardner Museum: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 0.8 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 1.3 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 7.3 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Trap Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Cascades: 12.1 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 15
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 13.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 25.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Bear Meadow Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
New Ipswich MountainNNE 27°563 m4.5 mi
Barrett MountainNNE 22°561 m5.6 mi
Mount WataticE 79°555 m3.3 mi
Pratt MountainNNE 31°551 m3.7 mi
Kidder MountainNNE 29°549 m7.6 mi
Stony TopNNE 28°531 m4.0 mi
Wildcat HillNNE 27°529 m7.5 mi
Nutting HillENE 67°491 m3.1 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683605

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