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Lamb City Campground

Lamb City Campground from directly overhead

Lamb City Campground is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the southwest, 2.8 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.57498, -72.13464

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Church Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Crow Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Ward Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Cobb Hill: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Phillipston Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Phillipston Liberty Tree Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Birthplace of Lysander Spooner: 3.3 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • The Common: 3.6 mi
  • River's Edge Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Monument Square: 3.8 mi
  • Gilman Waite Field: 3.9 mi
  • Phillips Park: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 7.6 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 7.7 mi
  • The Barre Cross: 7.9 mi
  • Trail Continues: 8.4 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 8.7 mi
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 25
Beaches: 21
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 5.1 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 10.7 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 17
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 16
  • South Royalston Chicken: 3.9 mi
  • Clyde II: 8.5 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 12.0 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 21.1 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Doane's Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Lamb City Campground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 222°416 m2.8 mi
Baldwin HillWNW 288°411 m1.1 mi
Town Line HillENE 60°406 m8.7 mi
Ward HillW 259°405 m2.0 mi
Canesto HillSE 133°400 m6.0 mi
Pratt HillWNW 292°394 m2.7 mi
Mount PleasantNE 37°393 m7.7 mi
Dolbier HillESE 117°389 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860483828
Precip in3.53.23.93.73.64.54.44.34.34.93.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29915199

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