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Charles River

Charles River from directly overhead

Charles River is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Misoe Hill stands 180 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.13483, -71.44014

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Village Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Village Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Choate Park: 1.2 mi
  • Choate Park: 1.2 mi
  • Vfw Field: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Foundation: 2.8 mi
  • NEMBA Plaque: 3.9 mi
  • Birthplace of Horace Mann: 4.7 mi
  • William Herbert Sweatt Memorial Plaque: 7.4 mi
  • Medfield Veterans Memorial: 7.6 mi
Peaks
  • Bright Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Bear Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Benchmark Senior Living at Forge Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Pigeon Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Rocky Woods Range: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Chattering Rock: 3.4 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 3.7 mi
  • 16: 6.1 mi
  • 15: 6.1 mi
  • 14: 6.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Statue: 4.2 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 7.6 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 7.7 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 7.8 mi
  • Tom Brady: 9.5 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 11.0 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 11.2 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 44
Picnic sites: 37
  • 36: 11.2 mi
  • 1: 11.2 mi
  • 35: 11.2 mi
  • 16-34: 11.3 mi
  • 15: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • The Wall: 3.9 mi
  • Condo Rock: 4.2 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 13.7 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 13.8 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 13.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Charles River. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Misoe HillW 266°180 m7.2 mi
Peppercorn HillWNW 301°174 m7.2 mi
Magomiscock HillWNW 284°171 m5.6 mi
Bear HillNW 305°170 m8.4 mi
Chestnut HillSW 235°162 m8.3 mi
Christian HillWNW 292°160 m7.6 mi
Pond HillWSW 252°156 m7.4 mi
West HillWSW 256°155 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:18

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29778169

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