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Chestnut Street Natural Area

Chestnut Street Natural Area from directly overhead

Chestnut Street Natural Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierce Estates, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 10.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37796, -71.51155

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
Parks
  • Simpson Road Park: 0.8 mi
  • Simpson Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Memorial Beach Park: 1.0 mi
  • Carisbrooke Park: 1.8 mi
  • Ghiloni Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 2.2 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 2.3 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 2.4 mi
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 2.7 mi
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • John Brown Bell: 2.7 mi
  • Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 3.0 mi
  • Old Foundation: 3.1 mi
  • Old Well: 3.6 mi
  • Henry Gardner house site: 4.0 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 21
  • Picnic Site 8: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 19.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Trap Falls: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 22.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.5 miles of Chestnut Street Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSE 125°183 m3.9 mi
Sligo HillSW 234°172 m3.6 mi
Pleasant HillSW 223°164 m3.5 mi
Fairmount HillSW 218°161 m3.3 mi
Jericho HillSW 217°161 m4.4 mi
West HillWSW 244°160 m3.4 mi
Bear HillWSW 237°154 m4.2 mi
Gibbs MountainSSE 155°153 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29762684

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