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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Sterling Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43555, -71.82411

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Sterling Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sawyer Field: 2.6 mi
  • Sterling Greenery Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Goodnow Park: 3.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Hog Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Fitch Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Flagg Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Rowley Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Holt Hill: 3.1 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • The Folly: 7.0 mi
  • Korean War Bell: 7.1 mi
  • Leominster Civil War Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 7.1 mi
Artworks
  • Folly: 7.1 mi
  • Pan Statue: 7.2 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 7.7 mi
  • Tremont Columns: 11.1 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 39
  • Inner Park: 7.1 mi
  • Systematic Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Winter Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Cottage & Vegetable Gardens: 7.2 mi
  • Lawn Garden: 7.2 mi
Museums: 39
Beaches: 25
  • Sterling Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 10.2 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 10.6 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Emerson Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Cascades: 8.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 16.6 mi
  • The Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 8.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettNW 319°609 m4.9 mi
Little WachusettWNW 300°476 m3.9 mi
Pine HillNW 325°440 m4.3 mi
Brown HillWNW 294°401 m4.4 mi
Church RockNW 322°398 m7.1 mi
Rice HillWSW 237°386 m6.6 mi
Prentiss HillNW 308°386 m7.5 mi
Crow HillsNNW 343°376 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1415:3216:18

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29681832

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