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Hopkinton Woods

Hopkinton Woods from directly overhead

Hopkinton Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Fay Mountain stands 212 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring Farm, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21261, -71.49718

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • College Rock Park: 1.2 mi
  • Collela"S Park: 1.4 mi
  • Hopkinton Town Common: 1.6 mi
  • Carrigan Park: 1.7 mi
  • Teeter Totter: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 1.5 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Statue: 5.2 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 6.6 mi
  • Fireball: 9.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Community Garden Southborough: 5.2 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 6.7 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 8.1 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 10.7 mi
Museums
Beaches: 41
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Site 9: 17.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 17.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 17.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 17.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 36
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Hopkinton Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fay MountainWNW 286°212 m7.0 mi
George HillW 261°183 m7.4 mi
Pratt HillWSW 251°181 m6.4 mi
Misoe HillSW 216°180 m7.3 mi
Peppercorn HillWSW 242°174 m3.7 mi
Magomiscock HillSSW 211°171 m4.7 mi
Bear HillW 263°170 m4.0 mi
Newtons HillNW 319°166 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29782796

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