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Fay Grant Bird Sanctuary

Fay Grant Bird Sanctuary from directly overhead

Fay Grant Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Carey Hill stands 327 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Soles Swamp, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17902, -71.81045

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Grass Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Ararat: 1.3 mi
  • Potter Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Federal Hill: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Water Street Veterans' Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • C.A.R.E. Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Goddard Park: 2.2 mi
  • Washington St Park: 2.4 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 3.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.2 mi
  • Worcester Wall: 5.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Goddard Rocket: 2.2 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 3.9 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 3.9 mi
  • The Hand of Christ: 4.1 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 5.0 mi
Museums: 27
Beaches: 27
Gardens: 26
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 6.6 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 17.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cargill Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Fay Grant Bird Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carey HillNW 317°327 m7.2 mi
Leicester HillNW 314°309 m6.8 mi
Mount PleasantNW 310°309 m7.5 mi
Ballard HillWNW 300°299 m6.7 mi
Denny HillNW 315°287 m4.9 mi
Prospect HillW 266°287 m7.0 mi
Rocky HillNW 323°285 m6.4 mi
Ponnakin HillW 264°278 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4520:28
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683596

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