Henshaw Pond Reservoir Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Henshaw Pond Reservoir Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the north, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Path Continues, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Goddard Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Deed Rock: 2.3 mi
- Coombs Memorial (Worcester Firemen's Monument): 3.3 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Canadian Cross: 3.5 mi
- Denny Hill: 0.9 mi
- Leicester Hill: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.5 mi
- Ballard Hill: 1.6 mi
- Carey Hill: 1.7 mi
- J.E. Russell Park: 0.8 mi
- Community Field: 0.8 mi
- Town Common: 1.1 mi
- Towtaid Park: 1.1 mi
- Leicester Lions Park: 1.2 mi
- Marois 28: 1.8 mi
- Henshaw Street Land: 2.2 mi
- Rotary Beach: 2.3 mi
- God's Acre: 2.4 mi
- Former Landfill: 2.4 mi
- Path Continues: 0.2 mi
- deer stand: 2.1 mi
- Dead End: 2.9 mi
- Path Contiunes: 2.9 mi
- To Paintball Area: 3.0 mi
- Guitar: 2.8 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 3.2 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 3.6 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 3.8 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 3.9 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 3.7 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 4.0 mi
- Secret Garden: 12.3 mi
- Lawn Garden: 12.3 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 8.0 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 8.3 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 12.9 mi
- Memorial Beach: 13.5 mi
- Streeter Beach: 14.7 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 5.1 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 5.1 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 5.4 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 5.5 mi
- EcoTarium: 6.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 2.3 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Ice Fall: 17.9 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 17.9 mi
- Cargill Falls: 22.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 22.3 mi
- Picnic: 17.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Henshaw Pond Reservoir Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | N 359° | 421 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Asnebumskit Hill | N 355° | 399 m | 5.4 mi |
| Crocker Hill | NNW 346° | 369 m | 5.8 mi |
| Elliott Hill | NNW 338° | 359 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cooper Hill | NNW 348° | 358 m | 4.3 mi |
| Howe Hill | N 352° | 352 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fox Hill | NNW 340° | 343 m | 6.3 mi |
| Brigham Hill | NNW 332° | 342 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29684114
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 5 mi
- Worcester · 5 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 7 mi
- Millbury · 7 mi
- South County · 9 mi
- Shrewsbury · 10 mi
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