Federated Women's Club State Forest
Federated Women's Club State Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sputtermill Pond Access, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 4.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 13.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 7 mi
- Overlook · 12 mi
- Waterfall · 12 mi
- Summit House · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sputtermill Pond Access: 0.6 mi
- White Horse Lane Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Babbitt Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.9 mi
- South Street Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
- Poor Farm Hill Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Bald Hill: 1.2 mi
- Soapstone Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bassett Hill: 2.0 mi
- Camels Hump Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fairview Hill: 2.4 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 2.3 mi
- Path Continues: 4.5 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 4.5 mi
- Trail Continues: 4.9 mi
- Old Schoolhouse: 5.1 mi
- South Athol WWI Honor Roll: 2.6 mi
- South Athol WWII Honor Roll: 2.6 mi
- Grave's Landing: 4.1 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 4.8 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 4.8 mi
- Town Common: 3.3 mi
- Town Common: 3.3 mi
- Pine Beach: 5.3 mi
- Orange Dog Park: 5.7 mi
- Rocking Stone Park: 6.3 mi
- Fisher Museum: 4.0 mi
- Old Academy Building: 4.1 mi
- Old Town Hall: 7.0 mi
- Phillipston Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 10.5 mi
- Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- South Garden: 14.9 mi
- Overlook: 4.5 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 6.0 mi
- The Sanctuary: 11.3 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 11.7 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 11.7 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 7.4 mi
- Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 13.1 mi
- North Camping Area Beach: 13.4 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 14.6 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 14.7 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 10.8 mi
- Metawampe: 15.8 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 15.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 15.9 mi
- Quinnipiac: 15.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 5.1 mi
- Doane's Falls: 11.0 mi
- Doane's Falls: 11.0 mi
- Spirit Falls: 12.3 mi
- Hobo Falls: 15.2 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Federated Women's Club State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NE 49° | 416 m | 5.3 mi |
| Baldwin Hill | NE 39° | 411 m | 7.6 mi |
| Ward Hill | NE 37° | 405 m | 6.5 mi |
| Orcutt Hill | WNW 291° | 394 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pratt Hill | NNE 27° | 394 m | 7.4 mi |
| Packard Mountain | WSW 247° | 386 m | 5.7 mi |
| Poor Farm Hill | W 279° | 384 m | 4.9 mi |
| Searle Hill | ENE 63° | 383 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orange Muni AP, 6 mi away.
- pitch pine225 obs
- white oak171 obs
- bear oak132 obs
- northern red oak49 obs
- American chestnut47 obs
- sallow sedge43 obs
- sweetfern40 obs
- mountain laurel37 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29673726
Day trips start here
- Gardner · 14 mi
- Amherst · 16 mi
- Ashburnham · 18 mi
- Deerfield · 18 mi
- Westminster · 18 mi
- Gill · 19 mi
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