Paxton Recreational Commission Trail System
Paxton Recreational Commission Trail System is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the east-southeast, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Civil War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Deed Rock: 5.0 mi
- 1932 Rutland train crash site: 5.6 mi
- Goddard Memorial: 6.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Paxton Common: 0.3 mi
- Bailey-Prouty Playground: 3.2 mi
- Bailey-Prouty Playground: 3.4 mi
- Cascades Park: 3.7 mi
- Turkey Hill Brook Park: 4.0 mi
- Paxton Recreation Commission: 0.6 mi
- Difley Family Forest: 0.6 mi
- Moore State Park: 1.0 mi
- Ekblaw Bird Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Conservation Comm Land #2: 1.5 mi
- Crocker Hill: 0.6 mi
- Fox Hill: 0.8 mi
- Cooper Hill: 1.4 mi
- Little Asnebumskit Hill: 1.4 mi
- Brigham Hill: 1.5 mi
- Difley Cabin Cellar Hole: 0.6 mi
- Path Continues: 0.7 mi
- Path Continues: 0.7 mi
- Cabin: 3.6 mi
- Path Continues: 3.6 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 5.1 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 6.8 mi
- Secret Garden: 11.0 mi
- Lawn Garden: 11.0 mi
- Guitar: 4.0 mi
- Human Chess Board: 6.4 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 6.8 mi
- Tremont Columns: 6.8 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 7.2 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 7.0 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 7.1 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 8.5 mi
- EcoTarium: 8.9 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 8.0 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 11.2 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 12.1 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 12.1 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 16.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 5.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 10.2 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Ice Fall: 12.8 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 12.8 mi
- Emerson Falls: 17.5 mi
- Cascades: 18.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Picnic: 21.5 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.8 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Paxton Recreational Commission Trail System. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | ESE 105° | 421 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little Asnebumskit Hill | E 82° | 399 m | 1.4 mi |
| Rice Hill | N 359° | 386 m | 5.2 mi |
| Crocker Hill | NE 46° | 369 m | 0.6 mi |
| Cheney Hill | NNW 346° | 367 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pound Hill | N 353° | 362 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 26° | 361 m | 2.8 mi |
| Elliott Hill | SSE 165° | 359 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:33 | 16:19 |
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 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29682559
Day trips start here
- Central Massachusetts · 4 mi
- Spencer · 6 mi
- Worcester · 7 mi
- Princeton · 10 mi
- Shrewsbury · 11 mi
- Millbury · 12 mi
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