Cr #8
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Cr #8 is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Fay Mountain stands 212 m to the west-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sudbury River Reservation, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
- Lookout Point · 22 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sudbury River Reservation: 0.4 mi
- Sudbury River Reservation: 0.4 mi
- Sudbury River Reservation: 0.4 mi
- Willman Wetlands: 0.7 mi
- Barber Pasture: 0.9 mi
- Highland Park: 0.8 mi
- Highland Park: 0.8 mi
- Highland Park: 0.8 mi
- Highland Park: 0.8 mi
- George Mooney Park: 0.8 mi
- Fairview Hill: 1.2 mi
- Saddle Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Vickery: 1.6 mi
- Mount Nebo: 1.8 mi
- Newtons Hill: 1.8 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 1.5 mi
- Martha Templeman Plaque: 1.6 mi
- WW1 Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Caffrey family house foundation (1790s): 3.7 mi
- War veterans memorial: 4.5 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 2.0 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 2.7 mi
- Berlin Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- horseshoe sculpture: 2.7 mi
- George V. Brown Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Hoyt Statue: 3.3 mi
- Fireball: 8.0 mi
- Stegosaurus: 8.0 mi
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 3.3 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 6.8 mi
- Teetering Rock: 7.6 mi
- Chattering Rock: 7.8 mi
- Old Black Oak: 8.8 mi
- Danforth Art: 6.3 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 6.3 mi
- Willard House and Clock Museum: 6.6 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 6.8 mi
- Redstone School: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 16.9 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 17.0 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 17.0 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 17.0 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 17.0 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 2.0 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 2.3 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 3.3 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 6.9 mi
- Memorial Beach: 7.2 mi
- Condo Rock: 7.2 mi
- The Wall: 7.3 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 7.4 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
- Cascades: 23.5 mi
- Emerson Falls: 24.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Cr #8. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fay Mountain | WSW 242° | 212 m | 4.5 mi |
| Peppercorn Hill | S 185° | 174 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sligo Hill | N 350° | 172 m | 5.4 mi |
| Boston Hill | W 272° | 172 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | SSW 195° | 170 m | 4.7 mi |
| Newtons Hill | WNW 301° | 166 m | 1.8 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | N 356° | 164 m | 4.9 mi |
| Jericho Hill | N 351° | 161 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29815399
Day trips start here
- Boroughs · 2 mi
- Ashland · 5 mi
- Marlborough · 5 mi
- Framingham · 7 mi
- Upton · 7 mi
- Hudson · 8 mi
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