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Blackstone / West River Access

Blackstone / West River Access from directly overhead

Blackstone / West River Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Skull Rock Lock Trailhead, a park 0.6 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.06233, -71.61159

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Skull Rock Lock Trailhead: 0.6 mi
  • Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park: 1.3 mi
  • Central (Stanley) Woolen Mill District Park: 1.4 mi
  • Uxbridge Common District: 1.4 mi
  • Taft Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Chestnut Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Estey Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Goat Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Waterbug Hill: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 7.0 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 7.0 mi
  • Cumberlandite: 8.9 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 9.8 mi
Museums: 58
Gardens: 49
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 14.6 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 36
Picnic sites: 21
  • Site #36: 14.0 mi
  • 1: 15.7 mi
  • 36: 15.8 mi
  • 35: 15.8 mi
  • 16-34: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 9.5 mi
  • The Wall: 9.6 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 11.9 mi
  • Pond Cave: 14.1 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 14.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 12.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 19.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Blackstone / West River Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillNW 304°253 m8.6 mi
Putnam HillWNW 295°231 m9.2 mi
Wadkin HillW 260°224 m7.7 mi
Pigeon HillWNW 300°223 m8.9 mi
Bald HillWSW 257°210 m5.2 mi
Wallum Pond HillWSW 256°202 m8.0 mi
Leland HillNW 325°202 m8.3 mi
George HillN 351°183 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29769714

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