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Former Landfill

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Former Landfill from directly overhead

Former Landfill is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Path Continues, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20323, -71.86953

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • C.A.R.E. Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Water Street Veterans' Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Prospect Parkway Field: 1.5 mi
  • Goddard Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Kusy Square: 1.4 mi
  • Conroy War Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Goddard Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • John G. Saad Memorial Square: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Crowl Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Dead Horse Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Tinker Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Denny Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Dorothy Hill: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves: 54
Artworks: 32
  • Goddard Rocket: 1.8 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 2.8 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 3.3 mi
  • The Hand of Christ: 3.9 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 4.1 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 0.3 mi
  • deer stand: 4.3 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 4.3 mi
  • Richard's Overlook: 5.0 mi
  • Dead End: 5.0 mi
Museums: 26
Gardens: 24
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 4.9 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 24
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cargill Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Asnebumskit HillNNW421 m6.9 mi
Elliott HillNNW359 m6.0 mi
Cooper HillNNW358 m6.6 mi
Howe HillNNW352 m6.1 mi
Moose HillNW331 m6.9 mi
Long HillW328 m4.9 mi
Little Mugget HillWSW328 m5.8 mi
Carey HillNNW327 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4520:28
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683819

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