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Fosgate Town Forest

Fosgate Town Forest from directly overhead

Fosgate Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Barnes Hill stands 195 m to the west, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Rivers Edge Estate Former Driving Range, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.37255, -71.60243

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Rivers Edge Estate Former Driving Range: 0.7 mi
  • Bigelow Street Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
  • Flagg Swamp Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
  • Howe Pond Land: 1.4 mi
  • Lower Pleasant Street Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Hermit Cave: 1.1 mi
  • Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 3.1 mi
  • John Brown Bell: 3.4 mi
  • WW2?: 4.0 mi
  • Bolton War Memorial: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Boutwell Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Riverside Park: 1.1 mi
  • O"Donnell Field: 1.4 mi
  • Apsley Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wood Park: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 2.1 mi
  • Log Chair: 4.4 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 4.5 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 4.7 mi
  • Wachusett Dam: 4.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Amadinda: 5.5 mi
  • Chime Wall: 5.5 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 6.0 mi
  • Pan Statue: 6.3 mi
  • Folly: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 33
Cliffs: 17
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades: 16.2 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 17.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Fosgate Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnes HillW 262°195 m3.6 mi
Ball HillWSW 249°195 m4.1 mi
Peach HillNW 319°180 m3.1 mi
Larkin HillWNW 282°174 m4.4 mi
Wataquadock HillNNW 343°173 m4.7 mi
Sligo HillSE 136°172 m2.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 286°167 m3.8 mi
Pleasant HillSE 134°164 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3216:17

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29762413

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