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McGregor Quarry

McGregor Quarry from directly overhead

McGregor Quarry is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east-southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bare Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24771, -71.39481

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Merchant Road Fields: 1.1 mi
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 1.4 mi
  • Edwards Plain-Dowses Corner Historic District: 1.5 mi
  • Bates Park: 1.5 mi
  • Laurel Farm Baseball and Soccer Fields: 1.7 mi
Museums
Beaches: 60
Historic sites
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 2.5 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 3.1 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 3.2 mi
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • War veterans memorial: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 2.9 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 5.6 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 6.4 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 6.6 mi
Artworks
  • Zullo Gallery: 6.3 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 6.4 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Fireball: 6.6 mi
  • Stegosaurus: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.3 mi
  • The Wall: 7.4 mi
  • Condo Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 12.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillESE 107°137 m5.7 mi
Juniper HillNNW 334°136 m6.9 mi
Cedar HillESE 111°134 m6.5 mi
Bald HillSW 227°132 m3.4 mi
Wildcat HillWNW 293°132 m5.1 mi
Oak HillWNW 297°130 m6.3 mi
Miller HillSW 221°129 m4.8 mi
Connelly HillWSW 239°127 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29761891

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