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Mighton Woods

Mighton Woods from directly overhead

Mighton Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Pratt Hill stands 181 m to the west-southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21757, -71.47364

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • College Rock Park: 2.0 mi
  • Teeter Totter: 2.4 mi
  • Hopkinton Town Common: 2.4 mi
  • Goodwill Park: 2.5 mi
  • Nyanza Healing Garden: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 2.4 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Statue: 5.9 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 6.7 mi
  • Fireball: 8.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden Southborough: 5.2 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 6.9 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 7.0 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 45
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Site 9: 15.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • Condo Rock: 3.4 mi
  • The Wall: 3.4 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 9.0 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 16.9 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Mighton Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pratt HillWSW 252°181 m7.6 mi
Peppercorn HillWSW 245°174 m4.9 mi
Magomiscock HillSW 220°171 m5.7 mi
Bear HillW 261°170 m5.2 mi
Newtons HillNW 310°166 m7.2 mi
Christian HillWSW 241°160 m6.1 mi
Saddle HillNW 304°158 m4.0 mi
Mount NeboNW 318°157 m7.1 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29783102

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