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Confarm Forest

Confarm Forest from directly overhead

Confarm Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Bayberry Hill stands 326 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Perkins School Easement, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1978

What to expect

Access
restricted

How to reach it

Coordinates42.46405, -71.68272

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ballard Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Hawthorn Hill: 1.3 mi
  • George Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Whittemore Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Wekepeke Hill: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • Pellecchia Conservation Land & Canoe Launch: 1.2 mi
  • Route 117 Canoe Launch: 1.3 mi
  • Fuller Field: 2.5 mi
  • Millstone Park: 3.0 mi
  • Lakside Field: 3.2 mi
Gardens
  • Morning Glory Farm: 2.5 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Inner Park: 7.2 mi
  • Systematic Garden: 7.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 4.1 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 4.1 mi
  • Wachusett Dam: 4.2 mi
  • Log Chair: 4.4 mi
  • Trail Marker # 141: 6.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches: 30
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 8.7 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 15.2 mi
  • The Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 16.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 4.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Confarm Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bayberry HillWNW 299°325.5 m6.5 mi
Rocky HillWNW 287°325 m6.0 mi
Long HillWNW 301°259 m6.0 mi
Ross HillW 261°245 m4.3 mi
Rowley HillW 259°239 m5.1 mi
Fitch HillWSW 249°225 m5.3 mi
Sheldon HillNW 309°225 m6.6 mi
Bee HillWNW 288°222 m5.1 mi

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29776497

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