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Maxant Gift

Maxant Gift from directly overhead

Maxant Gift is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Redstone Hill stands 206 m to the west-southwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Haskell #1 (Still River), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Harvard Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48862, -71.61872

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Dean's Hill: 1.4 mi
  • North Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Vaughn Hills: 2.1 mi
  • Whittemore Hill: 2.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Parks
  • Town Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Ryan Field: 2.0 mi
  • Mirror Lake: 2.6 mi
  • Route 117 Canoe Launch: 2.7 mi
  • Pellecchia Conservation Land & Canoe Launch: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 6.6 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 6.7 mi
  • Log Chair: 6.8 mi
  • Wachusett Dam: 6.8 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 30
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 10.3 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 15.1 mi
  • The Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 12.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 4.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Maxant Gift. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redstone HillWSW 242°206 m7.0 mi
North PeakS 176°192 m1.9 mi
Legate HillW 268°192 m6.4 mi
Oak HillENE 70°187 m3.3 mi
Oak HillENE 62°187 m4.0 mi
Wekepeke HillW 262°187 m6.2 mi
Peach HillSSW 192°180 m5.8 mi
Jocelyn HillNW 306°180 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3116:17

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1464584075

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