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Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area

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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 39 m. Moose Hill stands 163 m to the southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingsbury Grist Mill, a museum 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1982/04/09
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17559, -71.30258

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Baxter Park: 0.7 mi
  • Meeting House Pond: 0.9 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 2.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions
  • 2: 1.1 mi
  • 1: 1.1 mi
  • 13: 1.4 mi
  • 14: 1.4 mi
  • 15: 1.5 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.0 mi
  • South Beach: 5.1 mi
  • North Beach: 5.4 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 45
  • King Philip Rock: 9.2 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 9.3 mi
  • The Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Condo Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 10.6 mi
  • 36: 12.0 mi
  • 35: 12.1 mi
  • 16-34: 12.1 mi
  • 1: 12.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillSE 128°163 m5.8 mi
Bluff HillSE 134°138 m6.2 mi
Snow HillNNE 12°137 m3.4 mi
Cedar HillNNE 27°134 m3.0 mi
Bald HillWNW 291°132 m7.6 mi
Pegan HillN 359°125 m5.2 mi
Brush HillNW 322°121 m6.7 mi
Pigeon HillSW 219°117 m6.8 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/913017241

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