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Brookfield Commons

Brookfield Commons from directly overhead

Brookfield Commons is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the south-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Village View, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.58120, -71.49795

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • VFW FIeld: 0.2 mi
  • Forge Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Freedom Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Club Field: 2.0 mi
  • Stony Brook canoe access: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Forge Village Honor Roll: 0.5 mi
  • Sergeant William Woitowicz Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Major Moses Poor Palmer: 1.1 mi
  • Harvey P Sargisson: 1.2 mi
  • Westford Knight: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Westford Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 4.1 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 5.8 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 5.8 mi
  • Wetlands Viewing Area: 5.8 mi
  • Vernal Pool Viewing area: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 33
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 8.9 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 21
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wamesit Falls: 10.7 mi
  • The Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cascades: 15.4 mi
  • Trap Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 17.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 4.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Brookfield Commons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillSSW 210°187 m5.2 mi
Oak HillSSW 210°187 m6.1 mi
Chestnut HillNW 314°157 m4.0 mi
Prospect HillWNW 295°149 m3.0 mi
Brown LoafNW 307°141 m2.9 mi
Gibbet HillWNW 303°139 m3.7 mi
Prospect Hill (468')E 96°135 m2.9 mi
Pingry HillSW 229°133 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/155600696

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