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Cranberry Meadow

Cranberry Meadow from directly overhead

Cranberry Meadow is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Benjamin Sawyer's Grist Mill, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1981

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43118, -71.58356

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Persons Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pond Park & Skating Pond: 1.2 mi
  • Town Common Park: 1.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Delaney Wildlife management area: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Powder House Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Barretts Hill: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 3.7 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 3.8 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 3.9 mi
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 4.5 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 33
  • Bolton Town Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 14.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.9 mi
  • The Falls: 21.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 13.5 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 8.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Cranberry Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakNW 321°192 m2.6 mi
Oak HillNNE 14°187 m5.2 mi
Oak HillNNE 17°187 m6.1 mi
Peach HillWSW 241°180 m3.4 mi
Larkin HillWSW 239°174 m6.1 mi
Wataquadock HillW 281°173 m2.3 mi
Sligo HillS 173°172 m5.8 mi
Prospect HillNNW 345°171 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1315:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29777600

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