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Bettger Parcel

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Bettger Parcel from directly overhead

Bettger Parcel is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Fay Mountain stands 212 m to the southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Vespa Brothers Parcel, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26572, -71.58470

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hennessy Field: 1.2 mi
  • Bay State Green: 1.4 mi
  • Sawmill Field: 1.5 mi
  • Pickleball Courts: 1.6 mi
  • Greg's Field: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Newtons Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Whitney Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Nebo: 2.1 mi
  • Vinal Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Fox Hill: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • horseshoe sculpture: 4.0 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 4.3 mi
  • Uncle Beazley: 9.3 mi
  • Siegfried: 9.3 mi
Attractions
Museums
Beaches: 34
Picnic sites: 33
  • Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 18.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 6
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 23.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.6 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascades: 22.9 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 23.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mystery Spring: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fay MountainSW 231°212 m2.9 mi
Bartlett HillNW 307°201 m6.5 mi
Temple HillW 278°200 m6.3 mi
Golden HillWNW 285°196 m6.3 mi
Pigeon HillSW 229°195 m6.0 mi
George HillSSW 210°183 m5.5 mi
Green HillW 264°181 m5.0 mi
Pratt HillSSW 195°181 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29814380

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