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Broad Hill Reservoir

Broad Hill Reservoir from directly overhead

Broad Hill Reservoir is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south-southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Broad Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.28173, -71.32922

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Coolidge Field: 0.6 mi
  • Natick Common: 0.9 mi
  • Shaw Park: 0.9 mi
  • Charles River Dam: 1.0 mi
  • Old Town Park: 1.0 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.4 mi
Gardens
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 1.5 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.7 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.5 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.3 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.4 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillSSE 152°137 m4.5 mi
Cedar HillSSE 150°134 m5.4 mi
Pegan HillSSE 149°125 m2.5 mi
Reeves HillNNW 346°122 m4.5 mi
Brush HillSW 234°121 m3.5 mi
Strawberry HillSE 130°114 m5.0 mi
Long HillWSW 240°113 m6.5 mi
Powissett PeakSE 134°112 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29861927

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