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Laurel Bank Cons. Area

Laurel Bank Cons. Area from directly overhead

Laurel Bank Cons. Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Blood Hill stands 461 m to the northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Farm, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.57920, -71.76795

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Goodrich Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Brian Mcnally Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wallis Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sadie Quatrale Park: 1.2 mi
  • Coolidge Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • World War 2 Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Frankie K9 Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Fitchburg Policemans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Rollstone Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Nichols Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Monoosnoc Hills: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Elam: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • Whale Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 2.1 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Painted Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 7.7 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 4.6 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 8.4 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 9.4 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 9.4 mi
  • Observatory: 11.2 mi
Museums: 58
Gardens: 47
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 30
  • The Beach at Arrive: 1.2 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascades: 2.2 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Trap Falls: 6.5 mi
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Laurel Bank Cons. Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blood HillNW 325°461 m7.9 mi
Jewell HillNW 311°429 m6.3 mi
Russell HillNW 314°414 m7.1 mi
Crow HillsSW 232°376 m6.0 mi
Brown HillNW 305°368 m4.8 mi
Ball HillSW 224°364 m5.5 mi
South Monoosnoc HillSSW 204°345 m4.1 mi
Prospect HillWSW 258°344 m7.4 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1415:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29681628

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