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Cranberry Hill Conservation Area

Cranberry Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Cranberry Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the south, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cranberry Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

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What to expect

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Town of Lexington
Getting there

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Coordinates42.44192, -71.26773

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 2.9 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 3.3 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 3.4 mi
Parks
  • Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • FIt Trail Park and Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 1.3 mi
  • Hastings Park: 1.6 mi
  • Integration Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Peace, Love, Music: 2.0 mi
  • Street Ball: 2.3 mi
  • Migration - Series 7: 2.3 mi
  • Watershed: 2.3 mi
  • Jacob's Dream: 2.3 mi
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Baby Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 3.6 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 3.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Cranberry Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillS 169°135 m3.7 mi
Little ProspectS 171°133 m4.0 mi
Whipple HillE 90°110 m4.3 mi
Loring HillE 97°109 m1.6 mi
Granny HillENE 73°108 m2.5 mi
Zion HillENE 79°107 m4.6 mi
Turkey HillE 98°107 m4.9 mi
Pine HillW 265°106 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29861809

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