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Mill Brook Meadow

Mill Brook Meadow from directly overhead

Mill Brook Meadow is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Wayside: Home of Authors, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.45628, -71.33451

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Artworks
  • Minute Man Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Dream World: 2.1 mi
  • Watershed: 2.1 mi
  • Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 2.1 mi
  • Archadian Gyro: 2.1 mi
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Baby Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 6.1 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Cascades: 24.7 mi
  • The Falls: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.8 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.2 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Mill Brook Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSE 139°135 m6.2 mi
Little ProspectSE 141°133 m6.4 mi
Rail Tree HillNNW 334°111 m6.5 mi
Annursnac HillWNW 296°110 m3.4 mi
Loring HillESE 103°109 m5.1 mi
Great HillW 278°109 m6.2 mi
Granny HillE 93°108 m5.8 mi
Pine HillSSE 168°106 m1.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/223920892

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