Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Parker Family Woods

Parker Family Woods from directly overhead

Parker Family Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Bayberry Hill stands 326 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access: restricted

Getting there

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Coordinates42.44066, -71.70035

14.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
17.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
29.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

George Hill: 0.3 mi
Hawthorn Hill: 1.1 mi
Redstone Hill: 2.1 mi
Rattlesnake Hill: 2.1 mi
Ballard Hill: 2.2 mi

Parks

Fuller Field: 1.2 mi
Lakside Field: 1.5 mi
Millstone Park: 1.6 mi
Duck Harbor: 1.8 mi
Central Park: 1.9 mi

Gardens

Maybarton Community Garden: 1.7 mi
Morning Glory Farm: 1.9 mi
Inner Park: 5.5 mi
Systematic Garden: 5.6 mi
Wildlife Garden: 5.6 mi

Museums

The Icon Museum and Study Center: 1.9 mi
Harvard Historical Society: 5.5 mi
Fruitlands Museum: 6.3 mi
West School Museum: 8.3 mi
Shrewsbury Historical Society: 9.9 mi

Attractions

Wachusett Dam: 2.6 mi
Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 2.6 mi
Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 2.7 mi
Log Chair: 2.9 mi
Trail Marker # 141: 5.0 mi

Historic sites

Bolton War Memorial: 4.6 mi
The Folly: 5.4 mi
Temple of Peace: 5.4 mi
Frank’s Column: 5.5 mi
PFC. Johnathan R. Robarge: 5.6 mi

Artworks

Folly: 5.6 mi
Pan Statue: 5.6 mi
"Johnny Ro": 5.6 mi
Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 6.6 mi
Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 6.6 mi

Beaches30

Sterling Town Beach: 2.8 mi
Bolton Town Beach: 5.9 mi
Thurston's Beach: 6.2 mi
Harvard Town Beach: 6.8 mi
Wilder Beach: 9.1 mi

Picnic sites17

Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
Trap Falls: 16.5 mi
Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 19.1 mi
Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Picnic Site 2: 22.9 mi

Cliffs12

Sawyer Bluff: 4.5 mi
Scar Hill Bluffs: 6.0 mi
Ice Fall: 10.8 mi
Ice Fall (in winter): 10.9 mi
Old Limestone Quarry: 14.4 mi

Waterfalls5

Cascades: 9.5 mi
Emerson Falls: 10.6 mi
Trap Falls: 16.5 mi
The Falls: 21.4 mi
Wamesit Falls: 24.3 mi

Springs2

The Ashburnham Spring: 17.5 mi
Mystery Spring: 17.6 mi

Rest areas1

Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Parker Family Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Bayberry Hill	NW 315°	325.5 m	6.8 mi
Rocky Hill	NW 304°	325 m	5.9 mi
Justice Hill	WNW 297°	288 m	6.7 mi
Long Hill	NW 318°	259 m	6.3 mi
Ross Hill	WNW 286°	245 m	3.5 mi
Rowley Hill	W 279°	239 m	4.2 mi
Fitch Hill	W 266°	225 m	4.0 mi
Bee Hill	NW 309°	222 m	5.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:51	18:22	18:59
June solstice	05:11	19:45	20:28
September equinox	06:35	18:09	18:46
December solstice	07:14	15:32	16:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	25	27	35	47	58	67	72	71	63	51	40	31
Precip in	2.6	2.8	3.8	3.8	3.6	4.1	3.5	3.4	4.0	4.5	3.6	3.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29783394

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