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Cowdrey Conservation Area

Cowdrey Conservation Area from directly overhead

Cowdrey Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Brown Hill stands 368 m to the west, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Small Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.60164, -71.69191
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Flat Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Clarks Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Deacon Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Lower Lunenburg Town Common: 1.7 mi
  • Marshall Park: 1.9 mi
  • Culter Field: 3.1 mi
  • Ben Normand Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 5.9 mi
  • Forest Bells: 7.5 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 7.6 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 7.6 mi
  • Observatory: 8.6 mi
Attractions
  • Whale Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Painted Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.3 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 11.6 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 56
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 27
  • Swimming Hole: 2.9 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 3.1 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 3.2 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Trap Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 8.3 mi
  • The Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Cowdrey Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brown HillW 279°368 m7.9 mi
South Monoosnoc HillSW 226°345 m7.6 mi
Bayberry HillSW 219°325.5 m8.2 mi
Alpine HillW 267°318 m7.3 mi
Pearl HillWNW 288°310 m5.1 mi
North Monoosnoc HillSW 234°291 m6.7 mi
Oak HillWSW 250°289 m7.8 mi
Mount ElamWSW 244°262 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3116:17

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29761644

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