Rotary Beach
Rotary Beach is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Former Landfill, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 30.0 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Former Landfill: 0.5 mi
- Henshaw Street Land: 0.7 mi
- Ramshorn Brook: 1.7 mi
- Rockland Rd Conservation Land: 1.7 mi
- Arnold Greene Property: 1.8 mi
- Path Continues: 0.6 mi
- Path Continues: 1.3 mi
- Path Continues: 1.6 mi
- Path Continues: 2.3 mi
- Path Continues: 2.5 mi
- Dead Horse Hill: 0.9 mi
- Crowl Hill: 1.0 mi
- Dorothy Hill: 1.4 mi
- Denny Hill: 1.6 mi
- Tinker Hill: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Parkway Field: 1.1 mi
- C.A.R.E. Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Water Street Veterans' Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Goddard Park: 1.5 mi
- Ty Cobb Park: 1.8 mi
- Kusy Square: 1.4 mi
- Conroy War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Goddard Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Canadian Cross: 2.6 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 1.5 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 2.4 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 2.9 mi
- The Hand of Christ: 3.5 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 3.6 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 4.0 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 5.4 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 5.4 mi
- EcoTarium: 6.3 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 3.7 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 4.4 mi
- Secret Garden: 12.6 mi
- Lawn Garden: 12.6 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 7.0 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 9.7 mi
- Memorial Beach: 11.2 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 14.2 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 14.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 3.3 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Condo Rock: 18.7 mi
- The Wall: 18.9 mi
- Cargill Falls: 20.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 23.8 mi
- Cascades: 24.3 mi
- Picnic: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Rotary Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | NNW 345° | 421 m | 6.6 mi |
| Elliott Hill | NNW 330° | 359 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cooper Hill | NNW 337° | 358 m | 6.4 mi |
| Howe Hill | NNW 339° | 352 m | 5.9 mi |
| Long Hill | W 260° | 328 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Mugget Hill | WSW 243° | 328 m | 6.2 mi |
| Carey Hill | NNW 326° | 327 m | 3.9 mi |
| Burncoat Hill | WNW 295° | 327 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29701305
Day trips start here
- Millbury · 5 mi
- Worcester · 5 mi
- Spencer · 7 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 8 mi
- South County · 8 mi
- Blackstone Valley · 9 mi
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