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Poitras Ii Cr Highland Rd

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Poitras Ii Cr Highland Rd from directly overhead

Poitras Ii Cr Highland Rd is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Peppercorn Hill stands 174 m to the west-southwest, 6.3 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2006-12-21
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.22595, -71.44827

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Goodwill Park: 2.0 mi
  • Stone Park: 2.4 mi
  • Nyanza Healing Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Corner Spot: 2.7 mi
  • Bates Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • War veterans memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Old Foundation: 3.5 mi
  • WW1 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • NEMBA Plaque: 4.8 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 5.0 mi
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 3.5 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 6.8 mi
  • Statue: 7.1 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 7.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Community Garden Southborough: 5.5 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 5.7 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 7.0 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 51
Cliffs: 39
  • The Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Condo Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 8.3 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Site 9: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Poitras Ii Cr Highland Rd. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peppercorn HillWSW 245°174 m6.3 mi
Magomiscock HillSW 225°171 m7.0 mi
Bear HillWSW 258°170 m6.6 mi
Saddle HillWNW 290°158 m4.9 mi
Bear HillSSW 204°141 m6.9 mi
Fairview HillNW 311°140 m6.3 mi
Rocky Woods RangeSW 215°137 m4.9 mi
Bald HillSSE 160°132 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29796568

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