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Heufler

Heufler from directly overhead

Heufler is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the southwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxbow Meadows, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.40887, -71.36749

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oxbow Meadows: 0.4 mi
  • Codman Community Farm: 2.1 mi
  • Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 2.1 mi
  • Sculpture park: 2.2 mi
  • Peace Garden: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Italinate garden: 2.0 mi
  • Conantum Community Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 2.7 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 2.8 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Cascades: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Heufler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSW 224°183 m6.0 mi
Doeskin HillSW 226°152 m6.3 mi
Juniper HillSW 222°136 m6.6 mi
Prospect HillESE 103°135 m6.0 mi
Little ProspectESE 106°133 m6.0 mi
Tippling RockSW 226°125 m5.3 mi
Reeves HillS 169°122 m4.5 mi
Goodman HillSW 220°119 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29768955

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