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Kreiger Forest

Kreiger Forest from directly overhead

Kreiger Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Little Monadnock Mountain stands 571 m to the north, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacobs Hill Reservation, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 9.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.68419, -72.20506

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Frye Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Davis Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Gale Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Butterworth Ridge: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Royalston Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 4.0 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse Marker: 4.5 mi
  • Colonial Home 1777 Marker: 4.9 mi
  • Town Pound Marker: 6.3 mi
Parks
Museums: 33
  • Royalston Post Office: 1.2 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 1.2 mi
  • Old Town Hall: 6.4 mi
  • The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Stone Bridge: 3.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 25
Beaches: 19
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 4.3 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 5.1 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Spirit Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 13
  • South Royalston Chicken: 4.7 mi
  • Clyde II: 7.7 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 15.1 mi
  • Armillary: 17.0 mi
  • Reaching: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 13.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Kreiger Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Monadnock MountainN 360°571 m7.3 mi
Mount GraceW 274°491 m7.6 mi
The PinnacleNNE 19°467 m7.3 mi
Grassy HillNNW 344°446 m6.2 mi
Bennetts KnobW 275°444 m7.5 mi
Mayo HillWNW 295°418 m5.2 mi
Webb HillNNE 30°415 m5.6 mi
Baldwin HillSSE 161°411 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Lake, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1489315071

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