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Piper Farm Conservation Area

Piper Farm Conservation Area from directly overhead

Piper Farm Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pendleton Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2000-10-30
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Sudbury
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.38091, -71.39858

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Barn Foundation: 0.5 mi
  • Haynes Garrison Site: 0.5 mi
  • Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 1.8 mi
  • Wayland Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Bent Ice House: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sudbury Center Historic District: 0.7 mi
  • Feeley Field: 1.9 mi
  • Frank G Feeley Park: 2.0 mi
  • Town Building Fields: 2.4 mi
Attractions
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 3.3 mi
  • Ponyhenge: 3.8 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 4.1 mi
  • Ayshire Horse Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Emerson's Cliff: 4.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Conantum Community Gardens: 4.3 mi
  • Italinate garden: 4.3 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 5.0 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 5.3 mi
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 42
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 8: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Cascades: 23.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.7 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Piper Farm Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSW 227°183 m3.5 mi
Gibbs MountainSW 232°153 m5.5 mi
Doeskin HillSW 231°152 m3.8 mi
Spoon HillW 260°146 m6.5 mi
Juniper HillSW 224°136 m4.2 mi
Tippling RockSW 232°125 m2.8 mi
Indian Head HillWSW 246°123 m5.9 mi
Reeves HillSE 135°122 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/464587562

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