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Hunting Hills Wildlife Conservation Easement

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Hunting Hills Wildlife Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Pearl Hill stands 310 m to the west, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunting Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1999

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.60720, -71.66794

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Culter Field: 1.9 mi
  • Tarbell School Park: 2.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Lunenburg Town Common: 3.0 mi
  • Marshall Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • Forest Bells: 6.4 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 6.7 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 7.4 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 7.4 mi
  • Observatory: 8.1 mi
Attractions
  • Whale Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Painted Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 7.5 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Katie's Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Swimming Hole: 2.0 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 4.4 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Trap Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cascades: 7.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 9.6 mi
  • The Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Hunting Hills Wildlife Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pearl HillW 281°310 m6.2 mi
North Monoosnoc HillWSW 237°291 m7.9 mi
Mount ElamWSW 246°262 m7.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 299°255 m6.5 mi
Pearl HillWNW 288°250 m6.4 mi
Rollstone HillWSW 256°244 m7.5 mi
Fort HillWNW 303°241 m6.8 mi
Barker HillNNW 334°229 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29761517

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