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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 276 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.38699, -71.90742

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Rice Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Davis Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Pound Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Christian Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Smith Hill: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Eagle Lake Town Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Eagle Lake Town Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Charles March Memorial Field: 2.6 mi
  • Rufus Putnam Park: 3.1 mi
  • Entrance to Boone Trail: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • 1932 Rutland train crash site: 2.2 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • 1954 Tornado Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Greendale Eagle: 8.0 mi
  • Frostholm Memorial: 8.3 mi
Attractions
  • Cousins' Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Difley Cabin Cellar Hole: 6.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.3 mi
  • Continues to Tent Platform: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 37
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 8.7 mi
  • Systematic Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Winter Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Lawn Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Secret Garden: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Guitar: 8.3 mi
  • Tremont Columns: 9.3 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 9.3 mi
  • Folly: 9.4 mi
  • Pan Statue: 9.5 mi
Museums: 32
Beaches: 25
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Emerson Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Cascades: 13.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 14.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettN 8°609 m7.1 mi
Little WachusettN 10°476 m5.4 mi
Pine HillNNE 14°440 m7.1 mi
Asnebumskit HillS 175°421 m5.9 mi
Brown HillN 3°401 m5.1 mi
Little Asnebumskit HillS 177°399 m5.3 mi
Rice HillW 259°386 m1.3 mi
Mellen HillNNW 333°371 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665706861493930
Precip in3.53.03.63.93.74.24.14.54.44.93.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29758226

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