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Benjamin Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement

Benjamin Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Benjamin Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. New Ipswich Mountain stands 563 m to the northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Clyde II, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003-07-25
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.67751, -72.05238

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Clyde II: 0.3 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 5.9 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 7.6 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 14.8 mi
  • Armillary: 15.8 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Benjamin Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 1.1 mi
  • Nineteenth Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Whitney Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Birch Hill: 3.5 mi
Parks
  • Hyde Park: 0.5 mi
  • Monument Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wendall P. Clark Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Winchendon Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Militia Training Field: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 7.8 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 8.0 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 9.7 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 10.4 mi
  • Barrett House: 11.1 mi
Museums: 30
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 0.3 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Royalston Post Office: 6.8 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Gardner Museum: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 23
Beaches: 21
  • North Camping Area Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 3.1 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 4.1 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 4.2 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Spirit Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Benjamin Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
New Ipswich MountainNE 56°563 m8.3 mi
Mount WataticE 81°555 m8.2 mi
Pratt MountainENE 60°551 m7.8 mi
Stony TopENE 58°531 m8.0 mi
Nutting HillENE 76°491 m8.0 mi
Little Watatic MountainE 89°478 m6.9 mi
Fisher HillE 88°468 m7.6 mi
Emerson HillENE 71°460 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:01
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 °F222432445665706860483828
Precip in3.53.23.93.73.64.54.44.34.34.93.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29700646

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