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Iyons Preserve

Iyons Preserve from directly overhead

Iyons Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Wadkin Hill stands 224 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1989
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.04928, -71.58170

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Estey Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Waterbug Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Inman Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Daniels Hill: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Skull Rock Lock Trailhead: 1.8 mi
  • High Rocks Gorge: 2.9 mi
  • Central (Stanley) Woolen Mill District Park: 3.0 mi
  • High Rocks Gorge: 3.0 mi
  • Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park: 3.0 mi
Artworks
  • Statue of Hachikō: 4.7 mi
  • Statue: 6.9 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 12.9 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 12.9 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 16.0 mi
Attractions
  • Cumberlandite: 7.1 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 8.7 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 8.7 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 9.4 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 9.6 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 48
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 12.9 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 12.4 mi
  • 1: 14.0 mi
  • 36: 14.1 mi
  • 35: 14.1 mi
  • 16-34: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 9.5 mi
  • The Wall: 9.5 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 11.9 mi
  • Pond Cave: 12.5 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 12.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 19.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Iyons Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wadkin HillW 267°224 m9.2 mi
Bald HillW 268°210 m6.6 mi
Wallum Pond HillW 263°202 m9.3 mi
Keech HillS 191°194 m9.2 mi
Woonsocket HillSSE 164°180 m5.2 mi
Misoe HillN 1°180 m5.4 mi
Castle HillWNW 301°176 m5.6 mi
Magomiscock HillNNE 14°171 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29777081

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