Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Morse Road Parcel

Morse Road Parcel from directly overhead

Morse Road Parcel is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Farm Consevation Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.40828, -71.41417

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Parks
  • Sudbury Center Historic District: 1.8 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.8 mi
  • Haskell Field: 2.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Kenneth Olsen Plaza: 2.6 mi
Attractions
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 1.8 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 2.8 mi
  • Ayshire Horse Farm: 2.8 mi
  • Diamond Crossing: 3.5 mi
  • Emerson's Cliff: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Haynes Garrison Site: 2.4 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.4 mi
  • Bent Ice House: 3.0 mi
  • Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 3.9 mi
  • Henry Gardner house site: 4.0 mi
Gardens
Museums
Beaches: 60
  • Stow Town Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Cascades: 22.1 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 24.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 16.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Morse Road Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSSW 203°183 m4.7 mi
Gibbs MountainSSW 213°153 m6.3 mi
Doeskin HillSSW 207°152 m4.8 mi
Spoon HillWSW 242°146 m6.3 mi
Flagg HillNW 312°139 m5.9 mi
Juniper HillSSW 203°136 m5.3 mi
Marble HillWNW 294°126 m5.8 mi
Tippling RockSSW 202°125 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29777351

More nature reserves in Massachusetts

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Morse Road Parcel.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens