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Fish Brook Wildlife Management Area

Fish Brook Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Fish Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Mount Grace stands 491 m to the west-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bliss Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 6.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1988
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.67328, -72.26633

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bliss Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Butterworth Ridge: 1.2 mi
  • Temple Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Tully Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Davis Hill: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Goddard Park: 2.6 mi
  • Moores Pond Town Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Little League Park: 5.6 mi
  • Lake Park: 5.6 mi
  • Fish Park: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Royalston Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Colonial Home 1777 Marker: 5.1 mi
  • Fort House Marker: 5.7 mi
  • Town Pound Marker: 6.1 mi
Museums: 39
  • The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 4.0 mi
  • Royalston Post Office: 4.0 mi
  • Old Town Hall: 6.1 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Stone Bridge: 3.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 25
Artworks: 23
  • South Royalston Chicken: 6.7 mi
  • Clyde II: 10.8 mi
  • Reaching: 17.4 mi
  • Aurora: 17.5 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Just Roots Community Garden: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 5.0 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 7.1 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Royalston Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 15.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GraceWNW 286°491 m4.7 mi
Grassy HillNNE 12°446 m6.9 mi
Bennetts KnobWNW 289°444 m4.6 mi
Attleboro MountainNNW 343°427 m7.6 mi
Mayo HillNNW 330°418 m3.4 mi
Scott MountainNNW 335°410 m7.6 mi
White HillN 352°409 m3.1 mi
Prospect HillNE 52°407 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Lake, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29673909

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