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Gillette Land Or Horse Meadows

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Gillette Land Or Horse Meadows is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the southwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Meadows Knoll, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49501, -71.55062

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 2.1 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 2.1 mi
  • Patch Hill: 2.3 mi
Gardens
Parks
  • Town Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Ryan Field: 2.4 mi
  • Barber Land: 2.7 mi
  • Harvard Park: 2.9 mi
  • Delaney Wildlife management area: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • stone pile: 5.9 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 6.0 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 6.1 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 6.2 mi
  • Old Stone Chamber: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 35
  • Harvard Town Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 18
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascades: 13.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Trap Falls: 16.8 mi
  • The Falls: 17.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 7.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Gillette Land Or Horse Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSW 235°192 m4.1 mi
Oak HillNNW 328°187 m0.8 mi
Oak HillN 3°187 m1.5 mi
Wataquadock HillSW 225°173 m5.6 mi
Prospect HillW 281°171 m3.0 mi
Powder House HillSW 214°162 m4.7 mi
Vaughn HillsSW 234°158 m4.3 mi
Dean's HillWNW 284°157 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29796282

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