GFWCM Memorial Forest
GFWCM Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 20 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Forest: 0.3 mi
- GFWCM Memorial Forest: 0.5 mi
- Carding Mill Pond: 0.5 mi
- Taft Parcel: 1.3 mi
- Nobscot Reservation: 1.4 mi
- The Wayside Inn: 1.0 mi
- Carisbrooke Park: 1.3 mi
- Haskell Field: 1.7 mi
- Feeley Field: 2.6 mi
- Frank G Feeley Park: 2.6 mi
- Redstone School: 1.0 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 2.9 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 5.0 mi
- Danforth Art: 5.1 mi
- West School Museum: 6.0 mi
- Tippling Rock: 1.6 mi
- Doeskin Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Ward: 2.0 mi
- Nobscot Hill: 2.0 mi
- Juniper Hill: 2.5 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.6 mi
- Stegosaurus: 2.8 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 2.8 mi
- Hidden Valley: 2.9 mi
- Fireball: 3.0 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 5.7 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 6.5 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 2.7 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 3.6 mi
- Petting Zoo: 3.6 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 3.8 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 4.9 mi
- Bent Ice House: 3.7 mi
- Barn Foundation: 3.8 mi
- Haynes Garrison Site: 3.9 mi
- Henry Gardner house site: 4.3 mi
- Old Foundation: 4.3 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 2.9 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.4 mi
- Centennial Beach: 3.5 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 6.3 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 7.1 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 2.1 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Condo Rock: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 10.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 20.5 mi
- Cascades: 21.2 mi
- Emerson Falls: 22.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 14.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 18.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 15.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 20.0 mi
- Haywardville: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of GFWCM Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | SSE 156° | 183 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sligo Hill | WSW 252° | 172 m | 5.6 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | WSW 245° | 164 m | 5.2 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | WSW 243° | 161 m | 4.9 mi |
| Jericho Hill | WSW 238° | 161 m | 5.9 mi |
| West Hill | WSW 258° | 160 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | SSW 197° | 153 m | 2.9 mi |
| Shoestring Hill | WSW 239° | 153 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1436830436
Day trips start here
- Hudson · 5 mi
- Marlborough · 5 mi
- Wayland · 5 mi
- MetroWest · 6 mi
- Boroughs · 7 mi
- Framingham · 7 mi
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