Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Bird Sanctuary

Bird Sanctuary from directly overhead

Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascades, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.55695, -71.79891

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Monoosnoc Hills: 0.3 mi
  • Mount Elam: 0.6 mi
  • North Monoosnoc Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Carter Hill: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Whale Rock: 0.3 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 0.3 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 0.4 mi
  • Painted Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Coggshall Park: 0.4 mi
  • South Fitchburg Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Bartley-Nolan Park: 1.3 mi
  • Parkhill: 1.3 mi
  • Sadie Quatrale Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Fitchburg Policemans Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Frankie K9 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 4.5 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 8.0 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 10.1 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 10.2 mi
  • Forest Bells: 13.1 mi
Museums: 45
Gardens: 42
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Morning Glory Farm: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 27
  • The Beach at Arrive: 3.1 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Cascades: 0.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 8.1 mi
  • The Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Bird Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettSW 224°609 m6.5 mi
Pine HillSW 218°440 m6.1 mi
Jewell HillNNW 331°429 m6.6 mi
Russell HillNNW 332°414 m7.4 mi
Church RockWSW 244°398 m6.4 mi
Crow HillsSW 236°376 m3.8 mi
Brown HillNNW 331°368 m4.9 mi
Ball HillSW 222°364 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683529

More nature reserves in Massachusetts

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Bird Sanctuary.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens