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Crusher Lot

Crusher Lot from directly overhead

Crusher Lot is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cutter/Reinhart Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Arlington Recreation Department
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.42013, -71.17754

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cutter/Reinhart Park: 0.3 mi
  • Locke School Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Park Circle: 0.4 mi
  • Robbins Farm Park: 0.5 mi
  • Florence Field: 0.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.1 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
  • Bloody Bluff: 4.9 mi
  • Crag 1: 5.2 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 6.2 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.5 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Crusher Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillWSW 241°135 m4.4 mi
Little ProspectWSW 238°133 m4.6 mi
Whipple HillNNW 349°110 m1.5 mi
Loring HillWNW 293°109 m3.3 mi
Granny HillNW 316°108 m3.1 mi
Turkey HillNNE 15°107 m0.9 mi
Zion HillN 358°107 m2.4 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 20°105 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/168812885

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