PLT McElroy
PLT McElroy is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the north-northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is PLT Bullock, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 25.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- PLT Bullock: 0.2 mi
- Susan B. Minns Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Calamint Hill Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- PLT Appell: 2.4 mi
- Stillwater River Wildlife Conservation Easement: 2.5 mi
- Goodnow Park: 0.8 mi
- Sawyer Field: 1.9 mi
- Entrance to Boone Trail: 2.3 mi
- Hubbardston Road Park: 2.8 mi
- West Sterling Park: 2.9 mi
- Little Wachusett: 1.3 mi
- Flagg Hill: 1.5 mi
- Brown Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.1 mi
- Calamint Hill: 2.2 mi
- Observation Tower: 2.5 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 6.7 mi
- Cistern Base: 7.5 mi
- Trail Marker # 141: 7.8 mi
- Moses' Rock: 7.8 mi
- 1932 Rutland train crash site: 6.5 mi
- Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 6.5 mi
- Korean War Bell: 7.2 mi
- Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Leominster Civil War Memorial: 7.2 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 8.3 mi
- Folly: 9.6 mi
- Pan Statue: 9.8 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 12.7 mi
- Tremont Columns: 12.9 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 9.5 mi
- The Icon Museum and Study Center: 9.7 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 10.1 mi
- Gardner Museum: 10.5 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Inner Park: 9.6 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Systematic Garden: 9.6 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 6.8 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 7.8 mi
- Wilder Beach: 10.1 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 10.4 mi
- Lunenburg Town Beach: 10.4 mi
- Ice Fall: 3.0 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 3.2 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 9.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.8 mi
- Emerson Falls: 6.8 mi
- Cascades: 7.7 mi
- Trap Falls: 15.6 mi
- Doane's Falls: 21.7 mi
- Doane's Falls: 21.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Trap Falls: 15.6 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 13.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of PLT McElroy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett | NNW 334° | 609 m | 2.5 mi |
| Little Wachusett | WNW 291° | 476 m | 1.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 350° | 440 m | 2.1 mi |
| Brown Hill | W 280° | 401 m | 1.9 mi |
| Church Rock | NNW 331° | 398 m | 4.7 mi |
| Prentiss Hill | NW 310° | 386 m | 5.0 mi |
| Rice Hill | SW 214° | 386 m | 6.1 mi |
| Crow Hills | N 3° | 376 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29755881
Day trips start here
- Princeton · 1 mi
- North County · 3 mi
- Ashburnham · 7 mi
- Leominster · 7 mi
- Westminster · 7 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 9 mi
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