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Rowe Land

Rowe Land from directly overhead

Rowe Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the west-southwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Gillette Land Or Horse Meadows, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49370, -71.54880

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 2.2 mi
  • Patch Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 2.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Parks
  • Town Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Ryan Field: 2.5 mi
  • Barber Land: 2.8 mi
  • Delaney Wildlife management area: 3.0 mi
  • Harvard Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • stone pile: 5.8 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 5.9 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 6.0 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 6.0 mi
  • Old Stone Chamber: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Harvard Town Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 18
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascades: 13.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Trap Falls: 17.0 mi
  • The Falls: 17.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 8.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Rowe Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakWSW 237°192 m4.1 mi
Oak HillNW 326°187 m0.9 mi
Oak HillN 359°187 m1.5 mi
Wataquadock HillSW 226°173 m5.6 mi
Prospect HillWNW 282°171 m3.1 mi
Powder House HillSW 216°162 m4.7 mi
Vaughn HillsSW 236°158 m4.3 mi
Dean's HillWNW 285°157 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29796130

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