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Castle Hill Farm Conservation Land

Castle Hill Farm Conservation Land from directly overhead

Castle Hill Farm Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Riley Pond Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.10415, -71.66711

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Northbridge Town Common: 0.5 mi
  • Whitin Park Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Lasell Field: 0.6 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 1.9 mi
  • B24 Liberator Crash Site: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Castle Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Bad Lands: 1.2 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Plummers Hill: 1.5 mi
  • William Hill: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 3.0 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 3.0 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 7.7 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 10.3 mi
Artworks
Museums: 51
Gardens: 51
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 13.6 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 18.1 mi
  • 1: 19.4 mi
  • 36: 19.4 mi
  • 35: 19.4 mi
  • 16-34: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 9.7 mi
  • The Wall: 9.9 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.5 mi
  • Pond Cave: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Castle Hill Farm Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillWSW 243°277 m8.5 mi
Goat HillW 270°268 m7.5 mi
Bare HillWSW 258°262 m8.3 mi
Whittier HillW 278°256 m7.3 mi
King HillWNW 295°253 m4.6 mi
Fort HillW 266°253 m9.0 mi
Federal HillWNW 288°244 m9.4 mi
Potter HillWNW 297°241 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1231578225

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