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Large Town Forest

Large Town Forest from directly overhead

Large Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Blood Hill stands 461 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lane Forest, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.62330, -71.72065

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marshall Park: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Lower Lunenburg Town Common: 2.0 mi
  • Northfield Rd Park: 2.3 mi
  • Town Common: 3.2 mi
Museums: 60
Peaks
  • Bayberry Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Clarks Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Hunting Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Flat Hill: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Painted Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Whale Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 5.9 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 10.7 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 7.1 mi
  • Observatory: 7.4 mi
  • CAVA: 7.5 mi
  • The Venuses Rest: 7.5 mi
  • Through Time: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 50
Beaches: 31
  • Swimming Hole: 3.3 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 3.4 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 3.4 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Trap Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 7.8 mi
  • The Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 7.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Large Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blood HillWNW 297°461 m7.7 mi
Jewell HillW 279°429 m7.3 mi
Russell HillWNW 284°414 m7.7 mi
Jones HillNW 309°397 m8.0 mi
Brown HillW 267°368 m6.4 mi
South Monoosnoc HillSSW 211°345 m7.9 mi
Alpine HillWSW 252°318 m6.1 mi
Buck HillW 259°316 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534465766716962493930
Precip in3.53.34.44.23.74.33.74.34.25.33.94.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Coop, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29758170

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