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Fall Brook Cons. Area

Fall Brook Cons. Area from directly overhead

Fall Brook Cons. Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fournier Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.50272, -71.75848

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fournier Park: 0.2 mi
  • Eagles Field: 0.3 mi
  • Mechanic & Laurel Street Park: 1.6 mi
  • Barrett Park: 1.6 mi
  • McLaughlin Field - Babe Ruth Baseball: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Long Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Legate Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bee Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Gardner Hill: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Korean War Bell: 1.6 mi
  • Leominster Civil War Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Willard Memorial: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 2.0 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 7.5 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 7.6 mi
  • Folly: 9.9 mi
  • Pan Statue: 9.9 mi
Attractions
  • Whale Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 4.6 mi
  • Painted Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Observation Tower: 6.6 mi
Museums: 60
Gardens: 53
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Morning Glory Farm: 6.9 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Wilder Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 5.2 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 5.2 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascades: 4.3 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 11.8 mi
  • The Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 3.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Fall Brook Cons. Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettW 262°609 m6.6 mi
Little WachusettWSW 248°476 m7.2 mi
Pine HillW 259°440 m5.9 mi
Crow HillsWNW 287°376 m5.5 mi
Ball HillWNW 286°364 m4.5 mi
South Monoosnoc HillNW 306°345 m2.6 mi
Bayberry HillWNW 286°325.5 m1.9 mi
Rocky HillWSW 244°325 m2.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3216:18

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683101

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