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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 southeast, 6.4 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1978-07-27
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.17638, -71.31692

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Baxter Park: 0.8 mi
  • Meeting House Pond: 0.9 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 2.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Oak Grove Farm: 2.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • 1: 0.9 mi
  • 2: 0.9 mi
  • 14: 1.0 mi
  • 13: 1.0 mi
  • 15: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Stoddard Park: 5.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.4 mi
  • South Beach: 5.5 mi
Gardens
  • Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 6.9 mi
  • Trial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 45
  • The Wall: 9.2 mi
  • Condo Rock: 9.5 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 9.7 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 9.8 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 11.1 mi
  • 36: 12.1 mi
  • 35: 12.1 mi
  • 16-34: 12.1 mi
  • 1: 12.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.2 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 124°163 m6.4 mi
Bluff HillSE 130°138 m6.8 mi
Snow HillNNE 24°137 m3.6 mi
Cedar HillNE 38°134 m3.4 mi
Bald HillWNW 292°132 m6.9 mi
Miller HillW 280°129 m7.2 mi
Pegan HillN 7°125 m5.2 mi
Brush HillNNW 327°121 m6.3 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/29862810

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