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Ring Land

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Ring Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the southwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenough Reserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49143, -71.58774

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Ryan Field: 1.4 mi
  • Harvard Park: 2.7 mi
  • Mirror Lake: 2.7 mi
  • Barber Land: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Dean's Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 1.3 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 1.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 6.6 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 6.7 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 6.8 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 7.6 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 32
  • Harvard Town Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 11.7 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.5 mi
  • The Falls: 17.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 10.9 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 6.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Ring Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSW 215°192 m2.6 mi
Oak HillENE 59°187 m1.7 mi
Oak HillNE 49°187 m2.6 mi
Peach HillSSW 206°180 m6.5 mi
Wataquadock HillSSW 209°173 m4.3 mi
Prospect HillNW 308°171 m1.4 mi
Pond HillWNW 286°167 m6.7 mi
Powder House HillSSW 192°162 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/547495037

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