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Mount Jefferson Conservation Area

Mount Jefferson Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mount Jefferson Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 359 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the east, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Jefferson, a peak 0.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49162, -72.03831

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Jefferson: 0.1 mi
  • Canesto Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Ragged Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mine Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Comet Hill: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Curtis Recreation Field: 1.4 mi
  • Charles Clark Corner: 1.7 mi
  • The Common: 4.7 mi
  • Kermit Coleman Field: 4.8 mi
  • Westminster State Forest: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • The Barre Cross: 3.1 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 5.5 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 6.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.9 mi
  • Trail Continues: 7.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • South Royalston Chicken: 11.1 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 11.8 mi
  • Clyde II: 13.2 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 16.0 mi
  • Guitar: 17.6 mi
Museums: 31
  • Gardner Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 7.4 mi
  • Fisher Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Old Town Hall: 11.5 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 26
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 24
Beaches: 22
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 10.6 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Emerson Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascades: 13.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 18.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Mount Jefferson Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettE 91°609 m7.7 mi
Little WachusettESE 104°476 m7.8 mi
Pine HillE 92°440 m8.4 mi
Prospect HillWNW 298°416 m7.7 mi
Baldwin HillNW 316°411 m8.6 mi
Ward HillNW 308°405 m8.7 mi
Brown HillESE 107°401 m7.2 mi
Canesto HillNNW 342°400 m1.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665706861493930
Precip in3.53.03.63.93.74.24.14.54.44.93.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29700896

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