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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 329 m. Mount Watatic stands 555 m to the northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.61854, -72.00071

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Coolidge Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Beaman Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Town Line Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Howe Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Nineteenth Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Bailey Brook Park: 1.5 mi
  • Olivia Case Playground: 2.3 mi
  • Stedman Playground: 2.5 mi
  • Crystal Lake Park: 2.5 mi
  • Greenwood Memorial Pool & Spray Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 4.6 mi
  • Clyde II: 5.1 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 7.6 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 15.5 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 3.1 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 4.9 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 6.7 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 7.9 mi
  • Painted Rock: 10.0 mi
Museums: 26
  • Gardner Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 4.8 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 5.1 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 7.7 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 24
Gardens: 23
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Holiday Cove: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 4.7 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 4.7 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Emerson Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascades: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Gardner Water Supply Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WataticNE 45°555 m7.7 mi
Nutting HillNE 41°491 m7.9 mi
Little Watatic MountainNE 46°478 m6.0 mi
Fisher HillNE 49°468 m6.6 mi
Blood HillENE 63°461 m8.3 mi
Emerson HillNE 37°460 m8.5 mi
Mount HungerENE 67°439 m6.2 mi
Bush HillNNE 12°432 m6.6 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 solstice07:1615:3216:18

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29684287

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