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Off Captain Miles Lane Land

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Off Captain Miles Lane Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Concord Water District, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43622, -71.39744

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Harrington Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cousins Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mandrioli Mini Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rideout Playground: 1.4 mi
  • Junction Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 37
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Cascades: 22.1 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 24.0 mi
  • The Falls: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 16.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Off Captain Miles Lane Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSSW 203°183 m6.8 mi
Flagg HillWNW 291°139 m5.6 mi
Marble HillW 274°126 m6.2 mi
Tippling RockSSW 203°125 m6.0 mi
Spindle HillW 267°123 m6.3 mi
Reeves HillSSE 159°122 m6.7 mi
Birch HillWSW 258°121 m6.0 mi
Goodman HillS 186°119 m4.2 mi

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 solstice07:1315:3116:16

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29815442

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