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Fox Valley Wildlife Sanctuary

Fox Valley Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Fox Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the west-southwest, 0.8 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1989
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.54992, -72.15762

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Ward Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Searle Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Baldwin Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Cobb Hill: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Phillipston Liberty Tree Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Phillipston Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Birthplace of Lysander Spooner: 2.8 mi
  • 2nd Meetinghouse Marker: 3.6 mi
  • First Home Marker: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Phillips Park: 4.0 mi
  • Town Common: 4.5 mi
  • Town Common: 4.5 mi
  • The Common: 4.6 mi
  • Athol Veterans Park: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 5.7 mi
  • Trail Continues: 6.5 mi
  • The Barre Cross: 6.8 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 8.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.8 mi
Museums: 35
Cliffs: 24
Beaches: 20
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 7.2 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 12.6 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 18.2 mi
Artworks: 18
Waterfalls: 11
  • Doane's Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 12.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Fox Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillWSW 241°416 m0.8 mi
Baldwin HillN 2°411 m2.1 mi
Ward HillNNW 331°405 m1.6 mi
Canesto HillESE 113°400 m6.0 mi
Pratt HillNNW 334°394 m3.1 mi
Dolbier HillE 93°389 m5.1 mi
Round TopNNW 337°388 m3.9 mi
Ragged HillESE 107°386 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860483828
Precip in3.53.23.93.73.64.54.44.34.34.93.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29674128

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