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Chickering Conservation Land

Chickering Conservation Land from directly overhead

Chickering Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. South Monoosnoc Hill stands 345 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49859, -71.69798

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pellecchia Conservation Land & Canoe Launch: 1.4 mi
  • McLaughlin Field - Babe Ruth Baseball: 1.5 mi
  • Johnny Ro Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Prospect Park: 2.7 mi
  • Twelvth Street Field: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Pond Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Ballard Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Pine Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Whittemore Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Wekepeke Hill: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • SPC Albert R. Jex: 2.1 mi
  • PFC. Johnathan R. Robarge: 2.1 mi
  • LTC Garnet Derby: 2.1 mi
  • SGT Joshua A. Ward: 2.1 mi
  • M-60A3 Tank: 2.1 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 6.5 mi
  • Wachusett Dam: 6.6 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 6.6 mi
  • Whale Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 55
Beaches: 27
  • Wilder Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 5.9 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascades: 6.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 12.7 mi
  • The Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 1.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Chickering Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Monoosnoc HillWNW 289°345 m5.5 mi
Bayberry HillW 279°325.5 m5.0 mi
Rocky HillW 262°325 m5.0 mi
North Monoosnoc HillWNW 302°291 m6.0 mi
Justice HillW 262°288 m6.2 mi
Mount ElamNW 307°262 m7.1 mi
Long HillW 279°259 m4.4 mi
Ross HillSW 229°245 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4620:28
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29768639

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