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Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area

Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area from directly overhead

Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the east-southeast, 5.1 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.15154, -71.30567

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • 2: 1.0 mi
  • 1: 1.0 mi
  • 13: 1.3 mi
  • 14: 1.3 mi
  • 15: 1.4 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Stoddard Park: 6.4 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Baxter Park: 2.3 mi
  • Meeting House Pond: 2.5 mi
  • Pleasant Street Park: 2.8 mi
  • Blackburn Common: 2.8 mi
  • Pleasant Meadows Farm Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • Zullo Gallery: 2.4 mi
  • Tom Brady: 4.6 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 6.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.2 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 9.4 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 45
  • King Philip Rock: 8.1 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 8.2 mi
  • The Wall: 9.9 mi
  • Condo Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 9.5 mi
  • 36: 10.4 mi
  • 35: 10.4 mi
  • 16-34: 10.4 mi
  • 1: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillESE 112°163 m5.1 mi
Bluff HillESE 120°138 m5.3 mi
Snow HillN 10°137 m5.1 mi
Cedar HillNNE 19°134 m4.6 mi
Bald HillWNW 302°132 m8.2 mi
High RockS 171°127 m6.3 mi
Pinnacle HillS 185°126 m6.6 mi
Pegan HillN 1°125 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/912264607

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