Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area
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, 7.3 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 19.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 8 mi
- Lookout Point · 12 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 18 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 16: 0.8 mi
- 15: 0.8 mi
- 14: 0.9 mi
- 13: 1.0 mi
- 1: 1.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Parking Area - Richardson's Pond: 1.3 mi
- Richardson's Pond Picnic area: 1.3 mi
- Oak Grove Farm: 1.4 mi
- Pleasant Meadows Farm Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- Niagara Hall: 1.2 mi
- Dwight-Derby House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Medfield Historical Society Museum: 2.1 mi
- Kingsbury Grist Mill: 2.1 mi
- Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center: 2.4 mi
- Noon Hill: 1.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 1.8 mi
- Schoolhouse Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Nebo: 2.8 mi
- Castle Hill: 3.0 mi
- Medfield Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Fire Fighters Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Old Foundation: 5.0 mi
- Historic and Cultural Resources: 5.0 mi
- Bradford Lewis Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Zullo Gallery: 2.1 mi
- Tom Brady: 6.7 mi
- Deborah Sampson: 8.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.4 mi
- Babson Globe: 9.5 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 4.0 mi
- Stoddard Park: 4.2 mi
- Pleasure Point: 4.6 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 6.4 mi
- Powissett Beach: 6.5 mi
- Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- Bressingham Garden: 7.3 mi
- Olmstead Italianate Garden: 7.4 mi
- Weezie's Garden for Children: 7.4 mi
- Trial Garden: 7.4 mi
- The Wall: 8.0 mi
- Condo Rock: 8.3 mi
- King Philip Rock: 10.4 mi
- King Philip Cave: 10.4 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 12.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.8 mi
- 36: 11.8 mi
- 35: 11.9 mi
- 1: 11.9 mi
- 16-34: 11.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 14.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 21.8 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 23.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 17.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.2 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 23.4 mi
- Haywardville: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | ESE 117° | 163 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bluff Hill | ESE 122° | 138 m | 7.5 mi |
| Snow Hill | NE 36° | 137 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cedar Hill | NE 48° | 134 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bald Hill | WNW 299° | 132 m | 6.0 mi |
| Miller Hill | WNW 285° | 129 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | S 172° | 126 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pegan Hill | NNE 19° | 125 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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