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Lower Mill Brook Conservation Area

Lower Mill Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Lower Mill Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Schmidt Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wayland Parks and Recreation Department
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37218, -71.35574

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Town Building Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Oxbow Meadows: 2.6 mi
  • Soldiers Field Town Park: 2.6 mi
  • Boston Post Road Historic District: 2.7 mi
  • The Terraces: 2.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Ponyhenge: 2.4 mi
  • Emerson's Cliff: 4.5 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 4.8 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Italinate garden: 3.4 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 4.0 mi
  • Conantum Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 4.8 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Site 9: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 5.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Lower Mill Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillWSW 249°183 m5.1 mi
Gibbs MountainWSW 247°153 m7.1 mi
Doeskin HillWSW 251°152 m5.5 mi
Juniper HillWSW 245°136 m5.6 mi
Prospect HillENE 78°135 m5.3 mi
Little ProspectE 80°133 m5.2 mi
Tippling RockWSW 256°125 m4.6 mi
Reeves HillS 172°122 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29819343

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