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Hartshorn - Brooks Lot Conservation Restriction

Hartshorn - Brooks Lot Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Hartshorn - Brooks Lot Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Mount Watatic stands 555 m to the north, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Somers Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2001

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.63766, -71.88349

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Somers Conservation Restriction: 0.4 mi
  • Russell Hill Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Somers Conservation Restriction: 0.9 mi
  • Thoma Conservation Restriction: 1.0 mi
  • Montalvo - Huhn & Huhn Montalvo Conservation Restriction: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Brown Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Jewell Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Hunger: 1.2 mi
  • Russell Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Bickford Field: 1.2 mi
  • Sweeney Memorial Playground: 3.4 mi
  • Saima Park: 4.3 mi
  • Moran Field: 4.4 mi
  • Phillips Playground: 4.7 mi
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 1.6 mi
  • Clyde II: 9.2 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 11.4 mi
  • CAVA: 12.3 mi
  • Prima Del Bacio (Before The Kiss): 12.3 mi
Attractions
  • Nutting Ledges: 4.7 mi
  • Painted Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 6.5 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 6.6 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Fitchburg Creamery: 4.8 mi
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 5.3 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Fitchburg Policemans Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Frankie K9 Memorial: 5.9 mi
Museums: 35
Gardens: 35
  • Sundial Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Maple Hill Gardens: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 5.2 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 5.4 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 8.2 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Trap Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Cascades: 7.1 mi
  • The Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Hartshorn - Brooks Lot Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WataticN 354°555 m4.1 mi
Pratt MountainNNW 345°551 m6.8 mi
Stony TopNNW 346°531 m7.3 mi
Nutting HillN 350°491 m4.7 mi
Little Watatic MountainNNW 330°478 m3.3 mi
Fisher HillNNW 342°468 m3.2 mi
Blood HillNNE 30°461 m2.8 mi
Emerson HillN 351°460 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564706861483828
Precip in3.53.34.44.24.04.23.93.94.25.13.84.6

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29755707

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