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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, 6.3 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1980-03-25
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17985, -71.31201

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Baxter Park: 0.4 mi
  • Meeting House Pond: 0.6 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 2.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 2.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • 1: 1.2 mi
  • 2: 1.2 mi
  • 14: 1.3 mi
  • 13: 1.3 mi
  • 15: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.1 mi
  • South Beach: 5.2 mi
  • North Beach: 5.5 mi
Gardens
  • Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 6.6 mi
  • Trial Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 45
  • The Wall: 9.5 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 9.7 mi
  • Condo Rock: 9.7 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 9.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 11.1 mi
  • 36: 12.3 mi
  • 35: 12.3 mi
  • 16-34: 12.4 mi
  • 1: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 15.9 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 7.7 miles of Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillSE 127°163 m6.3 mi
Bluff HillSE 133°138 m6.7 mi
Snow HillNNE 21°137 m3.3 mi
Cedar HillNE 37°134 m3.0 mi
Bald HillWNW 290°132 m7.1 mi
Miller HillW 278°129 m7.5 mi
Pegan HillN 5°125 m4.9 mi
Brush HillNW 323°121 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:44
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29742943

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