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Boy Scout Parcel

Boy Scout Parcel from directly overhead

Boy Scout Parcel is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Potanipo Hill stands 187 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Unkety Brook Watershed, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.67188, -71.55613

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Comisky Field: 1.6 mi
  • Kennedy Field: 1.6 mi
  • Kennedy Field: 1.6 mi
  • Town Field: 1.7 mi
  • Yapp Hay Field: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
  • SkyVenture: 6.5 mi
  • Labyrinth: 7.3 mi
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 8.7 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 10.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 55
Beaches: 30
  • Swimming Hole: 5.8 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Trap Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascades: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.7 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.0 mi
  • River Road Spring: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Boy Scout Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potanipo HillWNW 303°187 m7.0 mi
Townsend HillW 276°180 m5.9 mi
Hunting HillSW 230°158 m7.3 mi
Chestnut HillS 179°157 m3.5 mi
Coreys HillNW 317°156 m6.6 mi
Hobart HillNW 315°153 m6.7 mi
Nissitissit HillsNNW 336°149 m1.8 mi
Mount LebanonWSW 238°149 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867737164514030
Precip in3.03.14.13.93.64.23.63.74.14.73.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua Cwsu, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29768704

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