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Mellen Street Conservation Area

Mellen Street Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mellen Street Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Peppercorn Hill stands 174 m to the west-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2006-06-30
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.21212, -71.43961

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Goodwill Park: 1.0 mi
  • Patoma Park: 1.8 mi
  • Stoddard Park: 2.0 mi
  • Idylbrook Park: 2.9 mi
  • College Rock Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 4.1 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Statue: 6.5 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 7.1 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 7.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 6.2 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 6.5 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 8.1 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 54
Cliffs: 39
  • The Wall: 4.0 mi
  • Condo Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 9.2 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 15.5 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Site 9: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 18.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Mellen Street Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peppercorn HillWSW 255°174 m6.4 mi
Magomiscock HillSW 234°171 m6.7 mi
Bear HillW 266°170 m6.9 mi
Christian HillWSW 250°160 m7.5 mi
Saddle HillWNW 297°158 m5.7 mi
Bear HillSSW 211°141 m6.2 mi
Fairview HillNW 315°140 m7.3 mi
Rocky Woods RangeSW 227°137 m4.4 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 °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29814347

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