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Little Meadow Conservation Area

Little Meadow Conservation Area from directly overhead

Little Meadow Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Rail Tree Hill stands 111 m to the northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1988
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49128, -71.31374

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Davis Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Balls Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Dakins Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Holden Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Buttricks Hill: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Willson Park: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Old North Bridge site: 2.5 mi
  • The Wayside: Home of Authors: 2.5 mi
  • Integration Park: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Dance Rhythm: 1.6 mi
  • Rembering Center School: 1.6 mi
  • Buddha Statue: 1.8 mi
  • The Patriot: 1.9 mi
  • Minute Man Statue: 2.5 mi
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 1.8 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 1.8 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 1.9 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 1.9 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Baby Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 7.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Wamesit Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.5 mi
  • The Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Little Meadow Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rail Tree HillNW 311°111 m5.1 mi
Nagog HillW 279°111 m6.7 mi
Annursnac HillWSW 257°110 m4.3 mi
Loring HillSE 133°109 m5.3 mi
Granny HillESE 119°108 m5.5 mi
Pine HillSSW 192°106 m3.8 mi
Hemlock HillN 355°105 m3.8 mi
Fullers HillSSE 148°105 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737163514132
Precip in3.73.44.83.93.84.13.83.93.74.94.14.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830856

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