Potash Hill Water Tank
Potash Hill Water Tank is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Barnes Hill stands 195 m to the west-southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Potash Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 26 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Potash Hill: 0.2 mi
- Sawyer Hill: 0.7 mi
- Spectacle Hill: 0.9 mi
- Phillips Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pope Hill: 1.2 mi
- Crystal Springs: 0.3 mi
- Buteau Land: 0.6 mi
- Danforth Creek Property: 1.0 mi
- Leduc Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Estate Former Driving Range: 1.5 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Berlin Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Morning Glory Farm: 4.6 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Apsley Park: 0.9 mi
- Wood Park: 0.9 mi
- O"Donnell Field: 0.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 1.0 mi
- Hudson POW MIA Memorial: 1.0 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 2.3 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 4.0 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 4.1 mi
- Petting Zoo: 4.1 mi
- Log Chair: 4.6 mi
- Hermit Cave: 2.6 mi
- Benjamin Sawyer's Grist Mill: 2.7 mi
- Old Well: 2.8 mi
- Bolton War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- PHILIP PHILLIPS CONSERVATION LAND: 3.3 mi
- West School Museum: 4.3 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- The Icon Museum and Study Center: 5.0 mi
- Redstone School: 6.6 mi
- Harvard Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- Amadinda: 4.3 mi
- Chime Wall: 4.3 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 5.5 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 5.6 mi
- horseshoe sculpture: 6.9 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 2.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 3.1 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.3 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 4.8 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 6.2 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 8.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 8.1 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Condo Rock: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 17.1 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 17.1 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 17.1 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 17.1 mi
- Cascades: 15.5 mi
- Emerson Falls: 16.9 mi
- Trap Falls: 21.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.1 mi
- The Falls: 24.3 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.8 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 23.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Potash Hill Water Tank. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Hill | WSW 245° | 195 m | 4.6 mi |
| Ball Hill | WSW 237° | 195 m | 5.3 mi |
| North Peak | NNW 345° | 192 m | 4.8 mi |
| Peach Hill | WNW 290° | 180 m | 2.8 mi |
| Larkin Hill | W 264° | 174 m | 4.9 mi |
| Wataquadock Hill | NNW 328° | 173 m | 3.6 mi |
| Sligo Hill | SSE 161° | 172 m | 3.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | W 264° | 167 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29770860
Day trips start here
- Hudson · 1 mi
- Marlborough · 4 mi
- Clinton · 5 mi
- Boroughs · 6 mi
- Harvard · 7 mi
- Shrewsbury · 9 mi
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