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Lowell Dracut Tyngsborough State Forest

Lowell Dracut Tyngsborough State Forest from directly overhead

Lowell Dracut Tyngsborough State Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Jeremy Hill stands 171 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Evergreen Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Department of Conservation and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.66395, -71.36746

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Beaver Brook Farm: 1.1 mi
  • Dillon McAnespie Park: 1.1 mi
  • LeBlanc Park: 1.3 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 1.4 mi
  • Polly’s Corner: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Gates Block Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Chelmsford Public Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Tara Heights Garden Center: 5.9 mi
  • Westford Community Gardens: 6.9 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 8.2 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 30
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Willow St Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Windham Town Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Baby Beach: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 21
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wamesit Falls: 4.3 mi
  • The Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 9.8 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 18.3 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Lowell Dracut Tyngsborough State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jeremy HillN 5°171 m5.8 mi
Bush HillN 356°152 m6.1 mi
Seavey HillN 358°142 m3.3 mi
Prospect Hill (468')SSW 212°135 m7.1 mi
Merrill HillNNW 345°134 m5.1 mi
Long HillNW 310°127 m6.3 mi
Millstone HillWSW 243°127 m7.1 mi
Cambridge HillN 8°126 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4520:28
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1315:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

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

  • American pokeweed38 obs
  • pink lady's slipper36 obs
  • Canada Goose32 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum28 obs
  • partridgeberry26 obs
  • Canada mayflower25 obs
  • Common Garter Snake24 obs
  • Asian bittersweet24 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29761268

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