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Chase Memorial Forest

Chase Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Chase Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Little Monadnock Mountain stands 571 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gale Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 9.1 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.66657, -72.16336

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gale Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Harrington Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Frye Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Beryl Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Royalston Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse Marker: 2.4 mi
  • Colonial Home 1777 Marker: 4.2 mi
  • Spirit of the American Doughboy Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Town Pound Marker: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Gilman Waite Field: 5.4 mi
  • Goddard Park: 5.5 mi
  • Hyde Park: 5.6 mi
  • Lake Park: 5.7 mi
  • Monument Park: 5.8 mi
Museums: 34
Attractions: 34
  • Stone Bridge: 5.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Jacob Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 11.2 mi
  • Black Precipice: 13.5 mi
  • Billings Fold: 13.8 mi
  • Table Rock: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 19
  • North Camping Area Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 4.3 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 4.6 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • South Royalston Chicken: 2.6 mi
  • Clyde II: 5.7 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 12.8 mi
  • Armillary: 17.3 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Spirit Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Chase Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Monadnock MountainNNW 346°571 m8.8 mi
The PinnacleN 2°467 m8.1 mi
Grassy HillNNW 332°446 m8.1 mi
Mayo HillWNW 296°418 m7.7 mi
Prospect HillS 183°416 m8.5 mi
Webb HillN 7°415 m6.1 mi
Baldwin HillS 176°411 m6.0 mi
White HillWNW 302°409 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860483828
Precip in3.53.23.93.73.64.54.44.34.34.93.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29913984

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