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Morse Memorial Forest

Morse Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Morse Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Mount Grace stands 491 m to the southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallace Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.71764, -72.39919

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bolster Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Birch Point: 0.7 mi
  • Notch Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Bolster Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Hogback Mountain: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Kiwanis Park: 2.2 mi
  • Loring Field: 3.0 mi
  • Ellen Lambert Murphy Memorial Community Center: 3.7 mi
  • Moores Pond Town Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Winchester Town Beach: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 35
Attractions: 26
  • Hermit's Castle: 7.3 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 7.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Table Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 8.6 mi
  • Introductory Buttress: 8.6 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 8.6 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 21
  • South Royalston Chicken: 14.1 mi
  • Greenfield Money Tree: 14.6 mi
  • Reaching: 15.6 mi
  • Aurora: 15.7 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 7.3 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 12.6 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Pulpit Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Covered bridges: 2
Springs: 1
  • Falcon Spring: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Morse Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GraceSE 129°491 m2.9 mi
Crag MountainS 191°456 m5.2 mi
Brush MountainSSW 195°455 m4.7 mi
Bennetts KnobESE 124°444 m2.9 mi
Attleboro MountainNE 47°427 m6.1 mi
Mayo HillE 91°418 m5.1 mi
Scott MountainNE 42°410 m5.2 mi
White HillE 90°409 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1219:4920:32
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Lake, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29673519

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