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Jack's Brook Forest

Jack's Brook Forest from directly overhead

Jack's Brook Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. Mount Grace stands 491 m to the north-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Land, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 0.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.61790, -72.40418

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Riverfront Park: 1.3 mi
  • Northfield Mountain Riverview Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Moores Pond Town Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Kiwanis Bicentennial Park: 4.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Bicentennial Park: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Hazel's Park: 5.1 mi
  • New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 8.0 mi
  • Fort House Marker: 8.9 mi
  • Indian Trail Marker: 9.1 mi
  • Old Burial Ground Marker: 9.2 mi
Museums: 45
Attractions: 28
  • Hermit's Castle: 1.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • The Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
  • Buoux Buttress: 3.0 mi
  • The Slab: 3.1 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 3.1 mi
  • French King Buttress: 3.1 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Wendell Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Just Roots Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 13.3 mi
  • North Garden: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 22
Beaches: 17
  • Silver Lake Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 11.5 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 15.1 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Hobo Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Covered bridges: 2
Springs: 1
  • Falcon Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Jack's Brook Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GraceNNE 26°491 m5.7 mi
Crag MountainNNW 338°456 m1.9 mi
Brush MountainNNW 338°455 m2.6 mi
Bennetts KnobNNE 27°444 m5.9 mi
Dry HillSSW 212°423 m6.0 mi
Orcutt HillSSE 169°394 m6.1 mi
Bear MountainSSW 207°389 m2.4 mi
Notch MountainN 356°389 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1319:4920:32
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3416:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062504030
Precip in2.72.33.43.43.24.13.83.94.34.23.43.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orange Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1313123577

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