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Hammersheimb Land

Hammersheimb Land from directly overhead

Hammersheimb Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Barrett Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49422, -71.56390

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 1.6 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 1.6 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Dean's Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Town Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Ryan Field: 1.9 mi
  • Harvard Park: 2.7 mi
  • Barber Land: 2.8 mi
  • Delaney Wildlife management area: 3.2 mi
Gardens
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 2.4 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Stow Community Garden: 5.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 6.1 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 6.3 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 6.4 mi
  • stone pile: 6.6 mi
  • Old Stone Chamber: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 35
  • Harvard Town Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 12.7 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Trap Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.4 mi
  • The Falls: 17.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Hammersheimb Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSW 229°192 m3.5 mi
Oak HillNNE 21°187 m0.7 mi
Oak HillNNE 27°187 m1.7 mi
Wataquadock HillSW 220°173 m5.1 mi
Prospect HillWNW 286°171 m2.4 mi
Powder House HillSSW 207°162 m4.3 mi
Vaughn HillsSW 229°158 m3.7 mi
Dean's HillWNW 290°157 m2.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/547302026

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