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Road's End Wildlife Sanctuary

Road's End Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Road's End Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 399 m. Judges Hill stands 702 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Worthington Historical Society, a museum 1.0 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Mass Audubon

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.42415, -72.93048

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Clark Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Parsons Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Knowles Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Honey Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Bashan Hill: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Worthington Town Park: 1.4 mi
  • Pettingill Field: 3.2 mi
  • Goshen Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Wildlife Blind: 7.5 mi
  • Sports Field: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 55
Artworks: 47
Gardens: 34
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 16.2 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 16.5 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Rock Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Capen Garden: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 19
Waterfalls: 13
Beaches: 10
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 11.6 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 12.4 mi
  • County Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 4
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.2 mi
  • Rd: 21.3 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Road's End Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Judges HillNW 322°702 m8.4 mi
Haskell HillW 260°680 m5.6 mi
French HillW 272°675 m5.4 mi
Garnet HillWSW 251°663 m5.8 mi
Peru HillW 278°661 m6.3 mi
Fobes HillNW 317°644 m9.2 mi
West MountainN 349°638 m7.6 mi
Bryant MountainNNW 331°631 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:5020:33
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1915:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445563686659483728
Precip in4.03.64.24.34.25.14.64.54.85.64.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1077665140

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