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Cooks Canyon

Cooks Canyon from directly overhead

Cooks Canyon is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Canesto Hill stands 400 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Williams Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.41302, -72.10445

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Felton Field: 0.6 mi
  • Town Common: 0.7 mi
  • Rocking Stone Park: 3.1 mi
  • Deer Park: 4.0 mi
  • Wright Memorial Field: 5.2 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Farrow Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Allen Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Ridge Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Hawes Hill: 3.2 mi
Attractions
  • The Barre Cross: 3.7 mi
  • Trail Continues: 4.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 4.6 mi
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 4.7 mi
  • Dana Common Historical Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Dana Common Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 7.2 mi
Museums: 37
Gardens: 33
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 13.1 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 33
  • South Royalston Chicken: 15.2 mi
  • Guitar: 15.5 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 17.8 mi
  • Tremont Columns: 18.0 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 23
Beaches: 18
  • West Brookfield Town Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Lashaway Park Town Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Bear's Den Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 24.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Cooks Canyon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Canesto HillNNE 22°400 m7.6 mi
Ragged HillNNE 31°386 m8.5 mi
Rice HillESE 103°386 m9.0 mi
Hawes HillNNW 348°383 m3.2 mi
Searle HillN 352°383 m8.8 mi
Babbitt HillNNW 348°376 m3.7 mi
Allen HillNNW 331°374 m1.9 mi
Mellen HillE 86°371 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3416:19

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29913909

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