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Mendon-Upton Lib & Nat Pres

Mendon-Upton Lib & Nat Pres from directly overhead

Mendon-Upton Lib & Nat Pres is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the west, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Neck Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.12856, -71.56881

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Neck Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Misoe Hill: 0.6 mi
  • West Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Pond Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Magomiscock Hill: 2.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ballou Park: 1.4 mi
  • Hopedale Park: 1.4 mi
  • Founders Park: 1.7 mi
  • West Hill Park: 2.1 mi
  • Fruit & Main Street Playground: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Statue: 2.5 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 7.4 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 7.4 mi
  • Statue of Hachikō: 9.1 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 12.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 11.2 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 12.5 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 14.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 39
Picnic sites: 33
  • 1: 15.7 mi
  • 36: 15.7 mi
  • 35: 15.7 mi
  • 16-34: 15.7 mi
  • 2: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Condo Rock: 4.6 mi
  • The Wall: 4.8 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 16.2 mi
  • Pond Cave: 16.9 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mendon-Upton Lib & Nat Pres. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillW 272°253 m9.3 mi
Fay MountainNNW 338°212 m8.3 mi
Bald HillSW 232°210 m9.2 mi
Leland HillWNW 288°202 m7.3 mi
Pigeon HillNW 316°195 m7.7 mi
George HillNW 322°183 m5.9 mi
Pratt HillNNW 327°181 m4.4 mi
Potter HillNW 304°181 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29763060

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