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Carding Mill Pond

Carding Mill Pond from directly overhead

Carding Mill Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Wayside Inn, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.36469, -71.46586

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Wayside Inn: 0.4 mi
  • Carisbrooke Park: 1.1 mi
  • Haskell Field: 2.2 mi
  • Frank G Feeley Park: 2.4 mi
  • Feeley Field: 2.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 3.2 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 4.0 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 4.0 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 4.2 mi
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Barn Foundation: 3.9 mi
  • Haynes Garrison Site: 4.0 mi
  • John Brown Bell: 4.2 mi
  • Bent Ice House: 4.3 mi
  • Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 44
  • Stow Town Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 33
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Cascades: 21.6 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 23.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 16.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Carding Mill Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSSE 147°183 m1.5 mi
Sligo HillWSW 257°172 m5.4 mi
Pleasant HillWSW 251°164 m5.0 mi
Fairmount HillWSW 249°161 m4.7 mi
Jericho HillWSW 243°161 m5.6 mi
West HillW 264°160 m5.4 mi
Bear HillWSW 257°154 m6.0 mi
Gibbs MountainSSW 201°153 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29777149

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