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High Ridge Wildlife Management Area

High Ridge Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

High Ridge Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the south, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bean Porridge Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003-07-09
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.58180, -71.90168

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bean Porridge Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Cowees Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Baldwin Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Beech Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Crocker Pond Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Sweeney Memorial Playground: 2.7 mi
  • Westminster Town Common: 2.8 mi
  • Moran Field: 2.9 mi
  • Phillips Playground: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 2.5 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 3.9 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 4.2 mi
  • Painted Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 3.8 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 9.9 mi
  • Clyde II: 10.4 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 13.0 mi
  • CAVA: 15.3 mi
Museums: 39
Gardens: 36
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 7.3 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 7.8 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 8.0 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Emerson Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascades: 5.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of High Ridge Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettS 173°609 m6.5 mi
Little Watatic MountainN 354°478 m6.8 mi
Fisher HillN 360°468 m6.9 mi
Blood HillNNE 20°461 m6.7 mi
Pine HillSSE 167°440 m6.7 mi
Mount HungerN 8°439 m5.0 mi
Jewell HillNNE 27°429 m4.5 mi
Russell HillNNE 20°414 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4720:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29681327

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