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Clinton Bluff Natural Heritage Area

Clinton Bluff Natural Heritage Area from directly overhead

Clinton Bluff Natural Heritage Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Ross Hill stands 245 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Morning Glory Farm, a garden 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1990
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42318, -71.66655
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Morning Glory Farm: 0.5 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Inner Park: 5.1 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Systematic Garden: 5.2 mi
Peaks
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Burdett Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Peach Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Wilson Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Coburn Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Fuller Field: 0.9 mi
  • Millstone Park: 0.9 mi
  • Central Park: 1.0 mi
  • Philbin Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Carlisle Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 1.4 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 1.5 mi
  • Log Chair: 1.7 mi
  • Wachusett Dam: 1.7 mi
  • Trail Marker # 141: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Pan Statue: 5.2 mi
  • Folly: 5.2 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 6.6 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 6.6 mi
  • The Olympic Bell: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 29
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 11.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Trap Falls: 18.2 mi
  • The Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 16.9 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 7.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Clinton Bluff Natural Heritage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross HillWNW 293°245 m5.5 mi
Rowley HillWNW 288°239 m6.1 mi
Fitch HillW 279°225 m5.8 mi
Redstone HillWNW 288°206 m4.0 mi
Longley HillSSW 195°205 m6.1 mi
Barnes HillS 184°195 m4.0 mi
Ball HillS 187°195 m5.0 mi
North PeakNE 44°192 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29761994

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