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Mt. Grace State Forest

Mt. Grace State Forest from directly overhead

Mt. Grace State Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 433 m. Mount Grace stands 491 m to the southwest, 0.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennetts Knob, a peak 0.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.69597, -72.35084

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Moores Pond Town Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 4.2 mi
  • Loring Field: 4.9 mi
  • Ellen Lambert Murphy Memorial Community Center: 5.4 mi
  • Amidon Park: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
  • New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 5.9 mi
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 6.0 mi
  • Hazel's Park: 7.5 mi
  • Royalston Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Fort House Marker: 9.3 mi
Museums: 37
Attractions: 28
  • Stone Bridge: 5.5 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 6.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Table Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 7.5 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 8.6 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 23
  • South Royalston Chicken: 11.2 mi
  • Clyde II: 15.1 mi
  • Greenfield Money Tree: 15.9 mi
  • Reaching: 16.3 mi
  • Aurora: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 5.7 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 10.4 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Pulpit Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Covered bridges: 2
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 17.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Mt. Grace State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GraceSW 216°491 m0.4 mi
Crag MountainSW 223°456 m5.0 mi
Brush MountainSW 231°455 m4.7 mi
Bennetts KnobSSW 199°444 m0.1 mi
Attleboro MountainNNE 20°427 m6.0 mi
Mayo HillENE 63°418 m3.0 mi
Scott MountainN 11°410 m5.4 mi
White HillENE 68°409 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2419:02
June solstice05:1219:4920:32
September equinox06:3718:1118:49
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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • checkered rattlesnake plantain826 obs
  • eastern white pine696 obs
  • eastern hemlock385 obs
  • yellow birch365 obs
  • American beech230 obs
  • red maple176 obs
  • partridgeberry174 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain150 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29914520

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