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Cosimi Conservation Area

Cosimi Conservation Area from directly overhead

Cosimi Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Ross Hill stands 245 m to the west, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Saule Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.44807, -71.66998

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Route 117 Canoe Launch: 1.1 mi
  • Fuller Field: 1.5 mi
  • Millstone Park: 2.0 mi
  • Central Park: 2.3 mi
  • Pellecchia Conservation Land & Canoe Launch: 2.4 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • George Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Hawthorn Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Wataquadock Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Ballard Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 3.0 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 3.1 mi
  • Wachusett Dam: 3.2 mi
  • Log Chair: 3.3 mi
  • Trail Marker # 141: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches: 28
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 10.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Trap Falls: 16.5 mi
  • The Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 16.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Cosimi Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross HillW 275°245 m4.9 mi
Rowley HillW 271°239 m5.7 mi
Fitch HillW 262°225 m5.6 mi
Bee HillWNW 296°222 m6.1 mi
Redstone HillW 263°206 m3.7 mi
Barnes HillS 181°195 m5.7 mi
Ball HillS 184°195 m6.7 mi
North PeakENE 72°192 m2.9 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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29776254

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