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Eliades Conservation Area

Eliades Conservation Area from directly overhead

Eliades Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the south-southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Moors Schoolhouse, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57998, -71.57388

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Moors Schoolhouse: 0.4 mi
  • Bates Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Leon And Katherine Hurd Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • S/SGT Leon A. Cote: 1.6 mi
  • 911 Memorial: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Parks
  • Depot Square Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hanson Playground: 1.7 mi
  • Albert J. Pirone Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Legion Field: 2.3 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Club Field: 3.1 mi
Gardens: 60
  • Katie's Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Westford Community Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 6.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 7.9 mi
  • stone pile: 8.9 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 9.4 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 9.6 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 33
  • Swimming Hole: 5.7 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Cascades: 11.6 mi
  • The Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 8.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 17.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Eliades Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillSSE 164°187 m4.6 mi
Oak HillS 172°187 m5.3 mi
Prospect HillSSW 199°171 m5.6 mi
Flat HillW 276°161 m5.5 mi
Hunting HillWNW 290°158 m5.0 mi
Chestnut HillNNE 19°157 m3.0 mi
Dean's HillSSW 194°157 m5.4 mi
Prospect HillNE 41°149 m1.8 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 solstice07:1415:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/155738710

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