Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Mahoney Farm
Mahoney Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the west, 0.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Nobscot Spring, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Sudbury
How to reach it
Coordinates42.34749, -71.43515
- 8.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 18 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Nobscot Spring: 0.4 mi
- Newell Gift: 0.4 mi
- Garden In The Woods: 0.6 mi
- Hiram Road: 0.6 mi
- Lands End Lane: 0.7 mi
Artworks
- Stegosaurus: 0.5 mi
- Hidden Valley: 0.5 mi
- Fireball: 0.7 mi
- Civil War Monument: 1.5 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Tippling Rock: 0.7 mi
- Nobscot Hill: 0.7 mi
- Doeskin Hill: 1.1 mi
- Juniper Hill: 1.2 mi
- Green Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks
- Frank G Feeley Park: 1.0 mi
- Feeley Field: 1.1 mi
- Oakvale Park: 1.1 mi
- Rock Pile: 1.4 mi
- The Wayside Inn: 1.9 mi
Museums
- Redstone School: 2.0 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Danforth Art: 3.1 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 4.6 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
- Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 2.8 mi
- Barn Foundation: 3.1 mi
- Haynes Garrison Site: 3.2 mi
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.5 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 3.9 mi
Attractions
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 4.3 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 5.9 mi
- Petting Zoo: 6.0 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 6.1 mi
- Ponyhenge: 6.6 mi
Gardens
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 5.2 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 5.7 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 6.0 mi
- Conantum Community Gardens: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 54
- Learned Pond Beach: 4.2 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 5.2 mi
- Centennial Beach: 5.4 mi
- Memorial Beach: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Picnic Site 9: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 37
- Falling Rock Ridge: 0.7 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Condo Rock: 12.5 mi
- The Wall: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Westwood Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 18.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 19.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 20.7 mi
- Cascades: 23.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Mystery Spring: 16.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 17.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Mahoney Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | W 261° | 183 m | 0.7 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | W 266° | 164 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | W 265° | 161 m | 5.9 mi |
| Jericho Hill | WSW 258° | 161 m | 6.7 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | WSW 246° | 153 m | 2.7 mi |
| Shoestring Hill | W 261° | 153 m | 6.2 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | W 264° | 152 m | 1.1 mi |
| Spoon Hill | WNW 285° | 146 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/881490727
Day trips start here
- MetroWest · 4 mi
- Wayland · 4 mi
- Framingham · 5 mi
- Ashland · 6 mi
- Marlborough · 6 mi
- Natick · 6 mi
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