Difley Family Forest
Difley Family Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the east, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Difley Cabin Cellar Hole, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Greater Worcester Land Trust
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Difley Cabin Cellar Hole: 0.0 mi
- Path Continues: 0.1 mi
- Path Continues: 0.1 mi
- Cabin: 3.0 mi
- Dead End: 3.6 mi
- Paxton Recreation Commission: 0.1 mi
- Paxton Recreational Commission Trail System: 0.6 mi
- Moore State Park: 1.3 mi
- Ekblaw Bird Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Moore State Park: 1.6 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Deed Rock: 4.8 mi
- Goddard Memorial: 5.7 mi
- World War II Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Hadwen House Foundation: 6.0 mi
- Paxton Common: 0.9 mi
- Bailey-Prouty Playground: 3.1 mi
- Bailey-Prouty Playground: 3.3 mi
- Turkey Hill Brook Park: 3.5 mi
- Ralph Warren Park: 3.7 mi
- Crocker Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cooper Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fox Hill: 1.3 mi
- Elliott Hill: 1.5 mi
- Brigham Hill: 1.7 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 5.1 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 6.6 mi
- Secret Garden: 11.4 mi
- Lawn Garden: 11.4 mi
- Guitar: 3.9 mi
- Human Chess Board: 6.4 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 6.6 mi
- Tremont Columns: 6.8 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 7.0 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 7.0 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 7.1 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 8.3 mi
- EcoTarium: 8.9 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 7.5 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 11.2 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 11.7 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 12.6 mi
- Streeter Beach: 16.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 4.8 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 10.6 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Ice Fall: 13.4 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 13.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 18.1 mi
- Cascades: 19.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Picnic: 20.9 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.4 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Difley Family Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | E 87° | 421 m | 1.9 mi |
| Little Asnebumskit Hill | ENE 65° | 399 m | 1.8 mi |
| Rice Hill | N 1° | 386 m | 5.8 mi |
| Crocker Hill | NE 34° | 369 m | 1.2 mi |
| Cheney Hill | N 349° | 367 m | 6.7 mi |
| Pound Hill | N 356° | 362 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 25° | 361 m | 3.4 mi |
| Elliott Hill | SSE 151° | 359 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1443101203
Day trips start here
- Central Massachusetts · 5 mi
- Spencer · 5 mi
- Worcester · 7 mi
- Princeton · 11 mi
- Shrewsbury · 11 mi
- Millbury · 12 mi
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