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Riley Pond Conservation Area

Riley Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Riley Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Hill Farm Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.10442, -71.67039

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Whitin Park Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Northbridge Town Common: 0.6 mi
  • Lasell Field: 0.8 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 2.0 mi
  • B24 Liberator Crash Site: 2.6 mi
Peaks
  • Castle Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Bad Lands: 1.3 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Plummers Hill: 1.6 mi
  • William Hill: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 2.8 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 2.8 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 7.6 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 10.4 mi
Artworks
Museums: 51
Gardens: 51
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 18.2 mi
  • 1: 19.5 mi
  • 36: 19.5 mi
  • 35: 19.6 mi
  • 16-34: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Condo Rock: 9.9 mi
  • The Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.4 mi
  • Scar Hill Bluffs: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Riley Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillWSW 242°277 m8.4 mi
Goat HillW 270°268 m7.3 mi
Bare HillWSW 258°262 m8.2 mi
Whittier HillW 278°256 m7.1 mi
King HillWNW 295°253 m4.5 mi
Fort HillW 266°253 m8.8 mi
Federal HillWNW 289°244 m9.3 mi
Potter HillWNW 297°241 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29777020

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