Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Hartford Ave/I-495

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Hartford Ave/I-495 from directly overhead

Hartford Ave/I-495 is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Misoe Hill stands 180 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles River Land, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.4 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10975, -71.46818

9.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
14.0 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
20.7 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
24.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Bellingham Town Common: 1.5 mi
Tomaso Field: 3.1 mi
Village Street Park: 3.1 mi
Village Street Park: 3.2 mi
Franklin Sculpture Park: 3.2 mi

Peaks

Bear Hill: 2.4 mi
Bright Hill: 2.6 mi
Benchmark Senior Living at Forge Hill: 2.7 mi
Magotty Hill: 3.7 mi
Quisset Hill: 3.8 mi

Artworks

Statue: 3.4 mi
Statue of Hachikō: 7.7 mi
Hoyt Statue: 8.6 mi
George V. Brown Memorial: 8.7 mi
Zullo Gallery: 9.9 mi

Museums

Franklin Historical Museum: 4.0 mi
National Park Lowe Mill: 4.2 mi
Niagara Hall: 6.7 mi
Museum of Work and Culture: 8.0 mi
Kingsbury Grist Mill: 9.8 mi

Attractions

Chattering Rock: 4.2 mi
Teetering Rock: 4.3 mi
Cumberlandite: 7.3 mi
16: 8.1 mi
15: 8.2 mi

Historic sites

NEMBA Plaque: 4.4 mi
Birthplace of Horace Mann: 4.8 mi
Old Foundation: 4.8 mi
Taft - Main House: 6.2 mi
Woonsocket Civil War Monument: 7.5 mi

Gardens

Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
Julia's Garden: 11.0 mi
Community Garden Southborough: 12.4 mi
Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 13.2 mi

Beaches37

Chilson Beach: 3.2 mi
Pleasure Point: 6.0 mi
Stoddard Park: 6.0 mi
Sweatt Beach: 6.4 mi
Hopkinton Main Beach: 10.4 mi

Picnic sites36

1: 10.8 mi
36: 10.8 mi
35: 10.9 mi
16-34: 10.9 mi
15: 11.0 mi

Cliffs34

The Wall: 4.6 mi
Condo Rock: 4.7 mi
Fatboy Boulder: 14.2 mi
Pond Cave: 14.2 mi
Lower Heart: 14.7 mi

Rest areas6

Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.8 mi
Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.8 mi
Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
Thirsty Beaver: 16.5 mi

Waterfalls3

Cascade Brook Falls: 16.7 mi
Ponogansett Falls: 24.4 mi
Rock Falls: 24.7 mi

Springs2

Roger Williams Spring: 19.5 mi
Pakomet Spring: 21.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Hartford Ave/I-495. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Misoe Hill	WNW 282°	180 m	5.9 mi
Peppercorn Hill	NW 319°	174 m	7.2 mi
Magomiscock Hill	NW 308°	171 m	5.0 mi
Bear Hill	NW 321°	170 m	8.6 mi
Chestnut Hill	WSW 240°	162 m	6.2 mi
Beacon Pole Hill	S 173°	162 m	8.0 mi
Christian Hill	NW 309°	160 m	7.2 mi
Pond Hill	W 265°	156 m	5.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:50	18:21	18:58
June solstice	05:11	19:44	20:26
September equinox	06:34	18:08	18:45
December solstice	07:12	15:32	16:18

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	27	29	37	48	58	67	73	71	64	52	42	33
Precip in	4.1	3.3	4.6	4.8	3.9	4.5	3.5	3.9	4.2	5.1	3.8	4.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29815588

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