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Eleanor Road Conservation Area

Eleanor Road Conservation Area from directly overhead

Eleanor Road Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the east-northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Czarnowski Field, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Weston Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.38227, -71.29185

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Old Camp 2 Foundation: 1.8 mi
  • ELISHA GARFIELD HOMESTEAD: 1.8 mi
  • Richard Saivetz '69: 1.9 mi
  • Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 2.1 mi
  • Ruined stone house: 2.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Ponyhenge: 2.3 mi
  • vernal pool: 4.3 mi
  • Emerson's Cliff: 4.4 mi
  • Paul Revere Capture Site: 4.6 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • People For Pollinators: 3.1 mi
  • Italinate garden: 3.2 mi
  • Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 4.5 mi
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Site 9: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 1.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Eleanor Road Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillENE 77°135 m2.0 mi
Little ProspectE 85°133 m1.9 mi
Reeves HillSW 230°122 m3.9 mi
Goodman HillW 265°119 m5.8 mi
Loring HillNE 36°109 m4.8 mi
Doublet HillSSE 159°108 m2.5 mi
Granny HillNE 37°108 m6.1 mi
Pine HillNNW 333°106 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/990650403

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