Cheshire Pond Conservation Area
Cheshire Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. New Ipswich Mountain stands 563 m to the north-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hartshorn - Coughlin Lot Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 25.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 20 mi
- Overlook · 24 mi
- Waterfall · 25 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hartshorn - Coughlin Lot Conservation Restriction: 0.7 mi
- Hartshorn - Coughlin Lot Conservation Restriction: 0.8 mi
- Beals - Packard Hill Conservation Restriction: 1.1 mi
- Hood Conservation Restriction: 1.3 mi
- Hartshorn - Eaton Hill Lot Conservation Restriction: 1.4 mi
- Packard Hill: 1.3 mi
- Town Line Hill: 1.5 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 1.9 mi
- Whitney Hill: 2.2 mi
- Brown Hill: 2.8 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 2.1 mi
- Clyde II: 5.7 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 9.8 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 14.3 mi
- CAVA: 15.5 mi
- Sweeney Memorial Playground: 2.4 mi
- Bickford Field: 2.6 mi
- Stedman Playground: 4.1 mi
- Bailey Brook Park: 4.3 mi
- Dunn Park: 4.4 mi
- Old Centre Burial Ground Bicentennial Plaque: 4.3 mi
- Old Winchendon Pump House Site: 4.5 mi
- Site of First Winchendon Church: 4.5 mi
- Former Seth Heywood Site: 4.5 mi
- Veterans Monument: 4.7 mi
- Bicentennial Giant Chair: 4.7 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 5.2 mi
- Yellow Chair: 6.2 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 6.9 mi
- Painted Rock: 8.4 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 2.4 mi
- Gardner Museum: 4.5 mi
- Winchendon Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Ashby Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Rindge Historcal Museum: 8.0 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Noahs Ark: 17.6 mi
- Holiday Cove: 2.4 mi
- Ripple Beach Cove: 2.9 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 6.2 mi
- Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 6.7 mi
- North Camping Area Beach: 6.8 mi
- Emerson Falls: 8.4 mi
- Trap Falls: 9.4 mi
- Cascades: 9.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 12.5 mi
- Doane's Falls: 12.6 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 10.6 mi
- Ice Fall: 10.7 mi
- Jacob Hill: 13.2 mi
- Overlook: 16.4 mi
- Black Precipice: 16.9 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 2.4 mi
- Falcon Spring: 16.3 mi
- Trap Falls: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 15.3 mi
- Dana: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Cheshire Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Ipswich Mountain | NNE 15° | 563 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Watatic | NE 40° | 555 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pratt Mountain | NNE 16° | 551 m | 6.6 mi |
| Stony Top | NNE 15° | 531 m | 7.0 mi |
| Nutting Hill | NNE 33° | 491 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Watatic Mountain | NE 38° | 478 m | 3.3 mi |
| Fisher Hill | NE 44° | 468 m | 3.8 mi |
| Blood Hill | ENE 67° | 461 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham N, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/922786237
Day trips start here
- Gardner · 5 mi
- Ashburnham · 7 mi
- Westminster · 7 mi
- Rindge · 8 mi
- Fitchburg · 9 mi
- Leominster · 13 mi
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