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Flintlock Lane Conservation Area

Flintlock Lane Conservation Area from directly overhead

Flintlock Lane Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Morse Road Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Sudbury Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.40476, -71.41485

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks
Parks
  • Sudbury Center Historic District: 1.6 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.6 mi
  • Haskell Field: 1.8 mi
  • Kenneth Olsen Plaza: 2.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
Attractions
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 1.8 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 3.0 mi
  • Ayshire Horse Farm: 3.0 mi
  • Diamond Crossing: 3.8 mi
  • Ponyhenge: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Haynes Garrison Site: 2.2 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.3 mi
  • Bent Ice House: 3.1 mi
  • Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 3.7 mi
  • Wayland Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
Gardens
Museums
Beaches: 58
  • Stow Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Cascades: 22.2 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 24.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 16.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Flintlock Lane Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSSW 203°183 m4.4 mi
Gibbs MountainSW 214°153 m6.1 mi
Doeskin HillSSW 208°152 m4.6 mi
Spoon HillWSW 244°146 m6.2 mi
Flagg HillNW 314°139 m6.0 mi
Juniper HillSSW 204°136 m5.1 mi
Marble HillWNW 296°126 m5.9 mi
Tippling RockSSW 203°125 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/526879641

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