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Lackey Pond Wildlife Management Area

Lackey Pond Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lackey Pond Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-southwest, 7.5 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1992
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.10079, -71.68850

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Castle Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 1.7 mi
  • William Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Bad Lands: 2.3 mi
  • Plummers Hill: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • Whitin Park Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Northbridge Town Common: 1.5 mi
  • Lasell Field: 1.7 mi
  • Soldiers Field: 2.4 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 2.3 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 2.3 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 7.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.9 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 11.0 mi
Artworks
Museums: 49
Gardens: 49
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 37
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 18.6 mi
  • 1: 20.3 mi
  • 36: 20.3 mi
  • 35: 20.4 mi
  • 16-34: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Condo Rock: 10.8 mi
  • The Wall: 11.0 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 13.3 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.0 mi
  • Scar Hill Bluffs: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Lackey Pond Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillWSW 241°277 m7.5 mi
Goat HillW 272°268 m6.4 mi
Bare HillWSW 258°262 m7.2 mi
Whittier HillWNW 282°256 m6.3 mi
King HillNW 305°253 m3.8 mi
Fort HillW 267°253 m7.9 mi
Federal HillWNW 292°244 m8.5 mi
Potter HillWNW 303°241 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29778212

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