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Notown Reservoir

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Notown Reservoir from directly overhead

Notown Reservoir is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the southwest, 4.8 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.53243, -71.81413

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • South Monoosnoc Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Palmer Hill: 1.1 mi
  • North Monoosnoc Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Carter Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Monoosnoc Hills: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Fairfield Park: 1.8 mi
  • Barrett Park: 2.1 mi
  • Coggshall Park: 2.2 mi
  • South Fitchburg Playground: 2.6 mi
  • West Fitchburg Steamline Trail: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • Moses' Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 2.1 mi
  • Whale Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Painted Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Observation Tower: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Korean War Bell: 2.8 mi
  • Leominster Civil War Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Willard Memorial: 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 4.5 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 8.8 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 10.5 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 10.5 mi
  • Folly: 12.6 mi
Museums: 45
Gardens: 42
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Morning Glory Farm: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 4.6 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 4.7 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Cascades: 1.8 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 9.9 mi
  • The Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Notown Reservoir. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettSW 231°609 m4.8 mi
Little WachusettSW 219°476 m6.1 mi
Pine HillSW 224°440 m4.3 mi
Brown HillSW 223°401 m6.7 mi
Church RockWSW 257°398 m5.1 mi
Prentiss HillWSW 252°386 m6.8 mi
Crow HillsW 260°376 m2.4 mi
Brown HillNNW 345°368 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29755657

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