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Cormier Woods

Cormier Woods from directly overhead

Cormier Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the west-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackstone / West River Access, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.06829, -71.59646

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Chestnut Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Inman Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Estey Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Pond Hill: 2.6 mi
  • West Hill: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Skull Rock Lock Trailhead: 1.4 mi
  • Central (Stanley) Woolen Mill District Park: 1.5 mi
  • Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park: 1.7 mi
  • Uxbridge Common District: 1.9 mi
  • Taft Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 7.4 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 7.4 mi
  • Cumberlandite: 8.4 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 9.0 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 49
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 14.4 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 37
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 13.9 mi
  • 1: 15.1 mi
  • 36: 15.1 mi
  • 35: 15.2 mi
  • 16-34: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 8.7 mi
  • The Wall: 8.8 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 12.6 mi
  • Pond Cave: 14.0 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 19.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Cormier Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillWNW 299°253 m9.0 mi
Wadkin HillWSW 258°224 m8.6 mi
Pigeon HillWNW 295°223 m9.4 mi
Bald HillWSW 255°210 m6.1 mi
Leland HillNW 319°202 m8.4 mi
Wallum Pond HillWSW 254°202 m8.8 mi
George HillNNW 346°183 m9.1 mi
Pratt HillN 353°181 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle36 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk24 obs
  • American Toad22 obs
  • Great Blue Heron21 obs
  • black cherry20 obs
  • striped wintergreen20 obs
  • Gray Treefrog20 obs
  • Groundhog19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29783474

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