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Great Meadows Tax Title Land

Great Meadows Tax Title Land from directly overhead

Great Meadows Tax Title Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the southwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Blithewood Purchase, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20672, -71.65729

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pigeon Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Tower Hill: 0.9 mi
  • George Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Keith Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Pratt Hill: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Norcross Park: 1.3 mi
  • District 9 Schoolhouse Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 2.1 mi
  • Riverview Park: 2.3 mi
  • Cedar Hill Park: 2.5 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 9.0 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 39
Picnic sites: 33
  • Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • 1: 22.5 mi
  • 36: 22.5 mi
  • 35: 22.6 mi
  • 16-34: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.6 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Great Meadows Tax Title Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillSW 222°253 m7.0 mi
Potter HillWSW 243°241 m8.1 mi
Millstone HillNW 311°229 m8.0 mi
Meeting House HallNNW 338°225 m7.5 mi
Mount AraratWSW 255°223 m6.8 mi
Pigeon HillSW 224°223 m7.7 mi
Chandler HillNW 304°222 m8.0 mi
Union HillWNW 290°217 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4520:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29761747

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