Moose Hill Flood Control Site
Moose Hill Flood Control Site is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Division of State Parks and Recreation
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moose Hill: 0.5 mi
- Buck Hill: 1.8 mi
- Prouty Hill: 1.9 mi
- Burncoat Hill: 1.9 mi
- Elliott Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cabin: 0.8 mi
- To Paintball Area: 1.6 mi
- Path Contiunes: 1.6 mi
- Dead End: 1.7 mi
- Deer Stand: 1.7 mi
- Shaw Pond Reservoir Area: 1.0 mi
- Morgan Swamp: 2.3 mi
- Difley Family Forest: 2.3 mi
- Paxton Recreation Commission: 2.3 mi
- Saint Joseph's Abbey: 2.6 mi
- Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.5 mi
- Ralph Warren Park: 1.8 mi
- Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.9 mi
- Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.9 mi
- Luther Hill Park: 2.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Deed Rock: 4.9 mi
- Goddard Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Hadwen House Foundation: 6.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 6.8 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 5.8 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 7.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.1 mi
- Secret Garden: 13.3 mi
- Guitar: 4.4 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 7.0 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 7.0 mi
- Human Chess Board: 7.2 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 7.4 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 7.9 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 8.0 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 8.6 mi
- EcoTarium: 9.7 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 5.4 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 10.0 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 11.7 mi
- Streeter Beach: 14.2 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 14.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 5.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 12.5 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Ice Fall: 15.5 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 15.5 mi
- Emerson Falls: 20.4 mi
- Cascades: 21.3 mi
- Cargill Falls: 24.7 mi
- Picnic: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Moose Hill Flood Control Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | NE 56° | 421 m | 3.7 mi |
| Little Asnebumskit Hill | NE 45° | 399 m | 3.9 mi |
| Crocker Hill | NNE 31° | 369 m | 3.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 27° | 361 m | 5.7 mi |
| Elliott Hill | ENE 70° | 359 m | 2.0 mi |
| Cooper Hill | ENE 56° | 358 m | 2.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 12° | 355 m | 4.5 mi |
| Howe Hill | ENE 67° | 352 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29683621
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 3 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 6 mi
- Worcester · 8 mi
- Millbury · 11 mi
- South County · 11 mi
- Princeton · 13 mi
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