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Beaver Brook Marsh

Beaver Brook Marsh from directly overhead

Beaver Brook Marsh is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the west-southwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Pond Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.52747, -71.51817

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Saint Annes Field: 1.0 mi
  • Koerper Field: 1.2 mi
  • Bumblebee Park: 1.4 mi
  • Fay Park: 1.9 mi
  • 300 King Street Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Shaker Spring Slate Marker: 1.6 mi
  • cellar hole: 1.8 mi
  • cellar hole: 1.9 mi
  • cellar hole: 1.9 mi
  • cellar hole: 1.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Beaches: 38
  • Harvard Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 8
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Cascades: 14.4 mi
  • The Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 16.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 6.5 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Beaver Brook Marsh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillWSW 243°187 m1.8 mi
Oak HillSW 232°187 m2.6 mi
Prospect HillWSW 250°171 m4.9 mi
Dean's HillWSW 249°157 m4.5 mi
Prospect HillNNW 342°149 m5.3 mi
Pin Hill SouthWSW 251°148 m3.7 mi
Pin Hill NorthWSW 252°147 m3.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSW 206°145 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29763760

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