Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Bernetts Pasture
Bernetts Pasture is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Goat Hill stands 268 m to the west-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockdale Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.14688, -71.65497
- 14.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 20.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Rockdale Park: 0.5 mi
- Plummer Playground: 1.6 mi
- Whitin Park Playground: 2.5 mi
- Northbridge Town Common: 2.5 mi
- Fisher Park: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Electric Pond: 0.8 mi
- Macomber Land: 2.0 mi
- Macomber Land: 2.0 mi
- Tax Title Land: 2.1 mi
- Lake Wildwood: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Shining Rock: 1.0 mi
- Plummers Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bad Lands: 2.4 mi
- Leland Hill: 2.7 mi
- Keith Hill: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
- Civil War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- WWII & Korean War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Crash Site Monument: 5.2 mi
- Caffrey family house foundation (1790s): 6.9 mi
Attractions
- Devil's Corncrib: 3.4 mi
- Fat Man's Misery: 3.4 mi
- Old Black Oak: 5.1 mi
- Teetering Rock: 8.4 mi
- Chattering Rock: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 49
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 11.2 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 11.9 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 48
- Statue: 6.9 mi
- George V. Brown Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Hoyt Statue: 9.1 mi
- Sundial: 9.9 mi
- Uncle Beazley: 9.9 mi
Museums: 47
- Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center: 2.5 mi
- National Park Lowe Mill: 5.8 mi
- Willard House and Clock Museum: 6.4 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 9.5 mi
- EcoTarium: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 40
- Memorial Beach: 2.9 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 7.5 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 10.2 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 10.5 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 20
- Site #36: 20.0 mi
- 1: 20.1 mi
- 36: 20.1 mi
- 35: 20.1 mi
- 16-34: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Condo Rock: 8.1 mi
- The Wall: 8.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 15.5 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.2 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Brook Falls: 19.0 mi
- Cargill Falls: 20.7 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Bernetts Pasture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Hill | WSW 250° | 268 m | 8.6 mi |
| Whittier Hill | WSW 256° | 256 m | 8.1 mi |
| King Hill | WSW 258° | 253 m | 5.0 mi |
| Potter Hill | W 273° | 241 m | 7.3 mi |
| Putnam Hill | WSW 252° | 231 m | 6.4 mi |
| Freeland Hill | W 262° | 229 m | 6.9 mi |
| Grass Hill | W 278° | 227 m | 8.9 mi |
| Wadkin Hill | SW 217° | 224 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29763567
Day trips start here
- Blackstone Valley · 3 mi
- Upton · 3 mi
- Millbury · 6 mi
- Milford · 7 mi
- Blackstone · 11 mi
- Shrewsbury · 11 mi
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