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Eastern Greenway (North)

Eastern Greenway (North) from directly overhead

Eastern Greenway (North) is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Brothers, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Sudbury Valley Trustees
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50336, -71.54578

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Oak Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 2.1 mi
  • Patch Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 1.8 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Barber Land: 2.2 mi
  • Town Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Ryan Field: 2.5 mi
  • Harvard Park: 2.6 mi
  • Saint Annes Field: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • stone pile: 5.6 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 6.5 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 6.6 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 6.6 mi
  • Old Stone Chamber: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 36
  • Harvard Town Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 18
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascades: 13.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 16.6 mi
  • The Falls: 17.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 8.6 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 8.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Eastern Greenway (North). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSW 231°192 m4.6 mi
Oak HillW 276°187 m0.7 mi
Oak HillN 349°187 m0.9 mi
Wataquadock HillSW 223°173 m6.2 mi
Prospect HillW 270°171 m3.2 mi
Powder House HillSSW 213°162 m5.3 mi
Vaughn HillsSW 230°158 m4.9 mi
Dean's HillW 271°157 m2.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1037160500

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