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Gardner Water Supply Land

Gardner Water Supply Land from directly overhead

Gardner Water Supply Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Mount Watatic stands 555 m to the northeast, 6.8 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.61943, -71.97605

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Howe Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Town Line Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Coolidge Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Beaman Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Nineteenth Hill: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Sweeney Memorial Playground: 2.0 mi
  • Stedman Playground: 2.4 mi
  • Bailey Brook Park: 2.6 mi
  • Olivia Case Playground: 2.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 3.3 mi
  • Clyde II: 5.8 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 8.8 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 14.4 mi
  • CAVA: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 3.0 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 4.7 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 6.0 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 7.1 mi
  • Painted Rock: 8.8 mi
Museums: 28
  • Gardner Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 3.6 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 5.8 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 8.8 mi
  • Ashby Historical Society: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 24
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Holiday Cove: 3.8 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 5.8 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 24
Waterfalls: 17
  • Emerson Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Cascades: 10.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Gardner Water Supply Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WataticNE 38°555 m6.8 mi
Nutting HillNNE 33°491 m7.1 mi
Little Watatic MountainNE 37°478 m5.1 mi
Fisher HillNE 41°468 m5.7 mi
Blood HillENE 59°461 m7.1 mi
Emerson HillNNE 30°460 m7.8 mi
Mount HungerENE 62°439 m5.1 mi
Binney HillNNE 25°435 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564706861483828
Precip in3.53.34.44.24.04.23.93.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683345

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