Fay Gift
Fay Gift is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln-Sudbury Conservation, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sudbury Valley Trustees
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 16 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln-Sudbury Conservation: 0.5 mi
- Thorp Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Meadows: 0.6 mi
- Brues Woods: 0.7 mi
- Albee Gift: 1.0 mi
- Round Hill: 0.7 mi
- Pendleton Hill: 1.1 mi
- Goodman Hill: 1.6 mi
- Urato Farm: 1.6 mi
- Green Hill: 2.1 mi
- Haynes Garrison Site: 1.1 mi
- Barn Foundation: 1.2 mi
- Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 2.7 mi
- Wayland Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Adams: 4.2 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 1.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.5 mi
- Hidden Valley: 4.1 mi
- Stegosaurus: 4.1 mi
- Fireball: 4.2 mi
- Sudbury Center Historic District: 1.4 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.4 mi
- Oxbow Meadows: 1.9 mi
- Haskell Field: 2.9 mi
- Town Building Fields: 2.9 mi
- Captain Miles House: 3.1 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 3.1 mi
- Ayshire Horse Farm: 3.2 mi
- Ponyhenge: 3.2 mi
- Emerson's Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Conantum Community Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Italinate garden: 3.5 mi
- People For Pollinators: 4.2 mi
- Planted Canoe: 4.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 4.3 mi
- Codman Estate: 3.4 mi
- Codman House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Gropius House: 4.0 mi
- Thoreau Cabin replica: 4.3 mi
- Golden Ball Tavern Museum: 4.6 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 5.6 mi
- Memorial Beach: 7.3 mi
- Centennial Beach: 7.4 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 7.5 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 7.8 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 4.5 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Lunch Wall: 11.6 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 6.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 16.4 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.8 mi
- Cascades: 23.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 12.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 14.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 21.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 16.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.1 mi
- Haywardville: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Fay Gift. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | SW 221° | 183 m | 4.5 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | SW 227° | 153 m | 6.4 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | SW 224° | 152 m | 4.8 mi |
| Juniper Hill | SW 219° | 136 m | 5.1 mi |
| Little Prospect | E 96° | 133 m | 7.0 mi |
| Tippling Rock | SW 224° | 125 m | 3.8 mi |
| Indian Head Hill | WSW 239° | 123 m | 6.7 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SSE 149° | 122 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29763410
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