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Crescent Valley Conservation Restriction

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Crescent Valley Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Crescent Valley Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the south-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bull Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Harvard Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates42.51555, -71.57115

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pin Hill North: 0.8 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Dean's Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Ryan Field: 1.2 mi
  • Harvard Park: 1.2 mi
  • Barber Land: 1.5 mi
  • Town Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Mirror Lake: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Native Herb Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 3.3 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • stone pile: 7.0 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 7.7 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 7.8 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 7.9 mi
  • Old Stone Chamber: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 32
  • Harvard Town Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascades: 11.9 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.0 mi
  • The Falls: 16.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 6.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Crescent Valley Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSSW 211°192 m4.4 mi
Oak HillSE 140°187 m1.0 mi
Oak HillE 88°187 m1.1 mi
Wataquadock HillSSW 209°173 m6.1 mi
Prospect HillWSW 247°171 m2.1 mi
Powder House HillSSW 197°162 m5.5 mi
Vaughn HillsSSW 212°158 m4.6 mi
Dean's HillWSW 242°157 m1.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1067007709

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