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Old Dunstable Road

Old Dunstable Road from directly overhead

Old Dunstable Road is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Chestnut Hill stands 157 m to the west-southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodland Park Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64047, -71.50457

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Shady Glade - Trail Head: 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Club Field: 2.7 mi
  • Bridge Meadow Fields: 3.2 mi
  • Stony Brook canoe access: 3.7 mi
  • Legion Field: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Bruce Wyatt Clements Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Basinas Square: 3.4 mi
  • Bancroft's castle: 3.6 mi
  • Sawyer Common: 3.7 mi
  • Gold Star Memorial monumen: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 5.3 mi
  • SkyVenture: 6.0 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 7.0 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 7.0 mi
Museums
Gardens: 59
Beaches: 30
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 7.8 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Willow St Beach: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascades: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 6.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Old Dunstable Road. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillWSW 242°157 m2.9 mi
Prospect HillSW 220°149 m3.7 mi
Nissitissit HillsNW 319°149 m5.0 mi
Mount LebanonW 276°149 m5.3 mi
Brown LoafSW 219°141 m3.1 mi
Gibbet HillSW 233°139 m3.5 mi
Prospect Hill (468')SE 144°135 m5.4 mi
Pingry HillSSW 197°133 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867737164514030
Precip in3.03.14.13.93.64.23.63.74.14.73.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua Cwsu, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/198396993

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