Cascades West
Cascades West is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the northwest, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Boynton Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 29.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Boynton Park: 0.3 mi
- Cascades East: 0.7 mi
- Cooks Pond: 1.1 mi
- Cook's Woods: 1.3 mi
- Conservation Comm Land #2: 1.4 mi
- Eddy Hill: 0.8 mi
- Asnebumskit Hill: 1.2 mi
- Howe Hill: 1.4 mi
- Maple Hill: 1.5 mi
- Stonehouse Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cascades Park: 0.8 mi
- Bailey-Prouty Playground: 0.9 mi
- Bailey-Prouty Playground: 1.0 mi
- Tatnuck Square: 1.5 mi
- Logan Field: 1.7 mi
- Path Continues: 1.0 mi
- Thinking Rock: 1.4 mi
- Cousins' Rock: 1.6 mi
- Path Continues: 3.0 mi
- Difley Cabin Cellar Hole: 3.0 mi
- Deed Rock: 2.6 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Hadwen House Foundation: 3.3 mi
- Bancroft Tower: 3.3 mi
- Guitar: 1.6 mi
- Human Chess Board: 3.5 mi
- Tremont Columns: 3.9 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 4.0 mi
- Celtic Cross: 4.4 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 2.3 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 4.0 mi
- Secret Garden: 9.1 mi
- Lawn Garden: 9.1 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 4.1 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 4.2 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 5.7 mi
- EcoTarium: 6.0 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 8.3 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 9.7 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 11.0 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 13.7 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 14.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 2.5 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 8.3 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Ice Fall: 13.9 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 14.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Picnic: 21.6 mi
- Emerson Falls: 18.2 mi
- Cascades: 18.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.3 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Cascades West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | NW 306° | 421 m | 1.2 mi |
| Little Asnebumskit Hill | NW 316° | 399 m | 1.8 mi |
| Rice Hill | NNW 336° | 386 m | 6.9 mi |
| Crocker Hill | NW 305° | 369 m | 2.7 mi |
| Pound Hill | NNW 331° | 362 m | 6.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 338° | 361 m | 3.9 mi |
| Elliott Hill | WSW 252° | 359 m | 2.3 mi |
| Cooper Hill | W 275° | 358 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29683626
Day trips start here
- Central Massachusetts · 3 mi
- Worcester · 4 mi
- Spencer · 7 mi
- Shrewsbury · 8 mi
- Millbury · 9 mi
- Princeton · 11 mi
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