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Ramshorn Brook

Ramshorn Brook from directly overhead

Ramshorn Brook is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Long Hill stands 328 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Arnold Greene Property, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20122, -71.83114

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Goddard Park: 0.3 mi
  • C.A.R.E. Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Water Street Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Prospect Parkway Field: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 1.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.1 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Dead Horse Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Crowl Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Dorothy Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Grass Hill: 2.5 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Goddard Rocket: 0.3 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 2.2 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 2.4 mi
  • The Hand of Christ: 2.8 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 3.5 mi
Museums: 27
Gardens: 27
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 4.9 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 25
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cargill Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Cascades: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 18.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Ramshorn Brook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long HillW 267°328 m6.9 mi
Carey HillNW 315°327 m5.4 mi
Maple HillNW 326°324 m6.2 mi
Flat HillW 272°324 m6.8 mi
Eddy HillNNW 334°319 m6.1 mi
Gately HillWNW 288°312 m6.7 mi
Leicester HillNW 310°309 m4.9 mi
Mount PleasantNW 305°309 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4520:28
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1315:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29681803

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