Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Five Mile River Access

Five Mile River Access from directly overhead

Five Mile River Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Crocker Hill stands 369 m to the east-northeast, 7.2 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 6.3 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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Coordinates42.26180, -72.04452

6.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
16.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
23.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National

Overlooks nearby

Kiwanis Point · 26 mi
Summit House · 28 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Bonds Hill: 1.2 mi
Newell Hill: 1.7 mi
Batcheller Hill: 1.8 mi
Tarbell Hill: 1.8 mi
Walnut Hill: 1.9 mi

Attractions

Path Continues: 1.7 mi
Old Root Cellar: 3.6 mi
Cabin: 3.8 mi
Path Continues: 3.9 mi
Momo's Rock: 3.9 mi

Parks

Powder Mill Park: 2.1 mi
North Brookfield Common: 2.1 mi
Bemis Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
Wire Village Ball Park: 2.5 mi
Turkey Hill Brook Park: 2.5 mi

Historic sites

Dr. Milman Pease Fountain: 4.4 mi
KIA Memorial: 5.2 mi
Civil War Memorial: 6.9 mi
Northside Militia Training Field: 8.2 mi
William T. G. Morton Monument: 8.2 mi

Gardens25

Butterfly Garden: 7.7 mi
IUI Garden for the Ages: 10.3 mi
Hadwen Community Garden: 10.8 mi
Herb Garden: 10.9 mi
Small House Garden: 11.0 mi

Museums24

Worcester Historical Museum: 12.3 mi
Salisbury Mansion: 12.4 mi
Major Taylor Museum: 12.5 mi
Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 12.8 mi
EcoTarium: 14.2 mi

Artworks20

Guitar: 8.9 mi
Orthodox Altar: 11.1 mi
Motion: 11.1 mi
Sigmund Freud: 11.4 mi
Goddard Rocket: 11.4 mi

Beaches11

Lashaway Park Town Beach: 2.0 mi
West Brookfield Town Beach: 5.5 mi
Streeter Beach: 11.4 mi
Point Rok Beach: 16.0 mi
Woodstock Town Beach: 16.6 mi

Cliffs8

Rattlesnake Ledge: 9.3 mi
Indian Kitchen: 14.3 mi
Overlook: 15.4 mi
Scar Hill Bluffs: 16.8 mi
Ice Fall (in winter): 17.5 mi

Ghost towns4

Dana: 14.5 mi
Greenwich: 14.5 mi
Enfield: 16.9 mi
Prescott: 17.8 mi

Waterfalls4

Emerson Falls: 22.7 mi
Cascades: 23.9 mi
Bear's Den Falls: 24.1 mi
Cargill Falls: 24.9 mi

Picnic sites2

Picnic: 17.0 mi
Picnic Area: 25.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Five Mile River Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Crocker Hill	ENE 60°	369 m	7.2 mi
Ragged Hill	WNW 284°	368 m	7.4 mi
Elliott Hill	ENE 78°	359 m	6.5 mi
Cooper Hill	ENE 72°	358 m	7.1 mi
Turkey Hill	NE 47°	355 m	7.4 mi
Howe Hill	ENE 76°	352 m	7.3 mi
Tufts Hill	NNW 332°	351 m	4.3 mi
Fox Hill	NE 55°	343 m	6.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:52	18:23	19:00
June solstice	05:13	19:46	20:29
September equinox	06:36	18:10	18:47
December solstice	07:15	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	25	27	35	46	57	65	71	69	62	51	40	31
Precip in	3.5	3.3	4.2	4.1	3.6	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.8	4.0	4.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29701570

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