Heywood Lot
Heywood Lot is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the west-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wass Lot, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 21.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wass Lot: 0.4 mi
- Allenwood: 0.5 mi
- Wass Lot: 0.5 mi
- Wekepeke Wildlife Conservation Easement: 0.6 mi
- Petrie Lot: 0.7 mi
- Rowley Hill: 1.2 mi
- Ross Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bee Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.6 mi
- Justice Hill: 2.0 mi
- Sterling Town Common: 2.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Sawyer Field: 2.6 mi
- West Sterling Park: 2.8 mi
- Fournier Park: 2.9 mi
- Korean War Bell: 4.3 mi
- Leominster Civil War Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Willard Memorial: 4.6 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 4.8 mi
- Folly: 7.9 mi
- Pan Statue: 8.0 mi
- Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 9.4 mi
- Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 9.4 mi
- Observation Tower: 5.4 mi
- Trail Marker # 141: 6.3 mi
- Cistern Base: 6.5 mi
- Moses' Rock: 6.5 mi
- Whale Rock: 6.5 mi
- The Icon Museum and Study Center: 6.3 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 8.2 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 8.3 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 8.3 mi
- Harvard Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Morning Glory Farm: 6.6 mi
- Inner Park: 7.8 mi
- Systematic Garden: 7.8 mi
- Winter Garden: 7.9 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 4.1 mi
- Wilder Beach: 7.5 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 7.9 mi
- Lunenburg Town Beach: 7.9 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 8.6 mi
- Ice Fall: 6.0 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 6.2 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 7.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 15.0 mi
- Cascades: 6.2 mi
- Emerson Falls: 6.6 mi
- Trap Falls: 14.3 mi
- The Falls: 20.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 24.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Trap Falls: 14.2 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 22.2 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 13.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.7 mi
- Dana: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Heywood Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett | WNW 287° | 609 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Wachusett | W 267° | 476 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 287° | 440 m | 4.6 mi |
| Brown Hill | W 266° | 401 m | 6.0 mi |
| Church Rock | WNW 298° | 398 m | 7.2 mi |
| Crow Hills | NW 317° | 376 m | 5.6 mi |
| Ball Hill | NW 322° | 364 m | 4.7 mi |
| South Monoosnoc Hill | N 350° | 345 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29684135
Day trips start here
- North County · 2 mi
- Leominster · 4 mi
- Princeton · 5 mi
- Clinton · 6 mi
- Ashburnham · 8 mi
- Fitchburg · 8 mi
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