Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Stonehouse Hill stands 330 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Blithewood Ave Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mass Audubon
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blithewood Ave Playground: 0.4 mi
- Greenwood Playground: 1.2 mi
- Vernon Hill Playground: 1.3 mi
- E. Millbury Park: 1.3 mi
- Mulcahy Field: 1.3 mi
- Union Hill: 0.8 mi
- Union Hill: 1.5 mi
- Park Hill: 1.6 mi
- Dorothy Hill: 1.7 mi
- Crow Hill: 1.7 mi
- Perkins Farm: 1.3 mi
- Crow Hill & Fitzgerald Brook Conservation Restriction: 1.9 mi
- Two Islands - Flint Pond: 2.2 mi
- Two Islands - Flint Pond: 2.2 mi
- Peat Meadow: 2.5 mi
- Henry Billings Memorial: 1.7 mi
- WW I Grabowski Square Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Kelley Square: 2.0 mi
- Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Memorial: 2.1 mi
- College Square Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Worcester Wall: 2.1 mi
- The Explorer Express Train: 2.2 mi
- Mine Shaft: 3.7 mi
- Old Black Oak: 3.8 mi
- Path Continues: 5.4 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 2.8 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 4.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 9.0 mi
- Lawn Garden: 9.1 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 1.2 mi
- EcoTarium: 2.1 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 2.9 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 3.1 mi
- The Hand of Christ: 1.9 mi
- Sundial: 2.1 mi
- Uncle Beazley: 2.1 mi
- Siegfried: 2.1 mi
- Egg-Ice to Steel: 2.3 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 2.0 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 9.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 9.4 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 12.7 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 13.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 4.9 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 8.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Condo Rock: 14.4 mi
- The Wall: 14.7 mi
- Cascades: 22.3 mi
- Emerson Falls: 22.4 mi
- Cargill Falls: 23.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Picnic: 21.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehouse Hill | NW 320° | 330 m | 7.2 mi |
| Carey Hill | WNW 283° | 327 m | 7.0 mi |
| Maple Hill | WNW 294° | 324 m | 7.1 mi |
| Eddy Hill | WNW 300° | 319 m | 6.6 mi |
| Leicester Hill | W 278° | 309 m | 6.9 mi |
| Denny Hill | W 266° | 287 m | 5.4 mi |
| Rocky Hill | WNW 283° | 285 m | 6.0 mi |
| Winter Hill | NNW 329° | 273 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:33 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 6 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly93 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage85 obs
- Japanese knotweed64 obs
- Green Frog60 obs
- American pokeweed48 obs
- American Robin45 obs
- tree-of-heaven43 obs
- eastern poison ivy43 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29700694
Day trips start here
- Millbury · 3 mi
- Worcester · 3 mi
- Shrewsbury · 5 mi
- Blackstone Valley · 6 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 7 mi
- Upton · 10 mi
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