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Saint Joseph's Abbey

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Saint Joseph's Abbey from directly overhead

Saint Joseph's Abbey is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the east, 5.7 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28853, -72.00665

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Buck Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Bonds Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Batcheller Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Moose Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Luther Hill: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.8 mi
  • Ralph Warren Park: 1.8 mi
  • Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.8 mi
  • Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.9 mi
  • Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 2.1 mi
  • Corridor 71 Continues: 2.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.2 mi
  • Cabin: 2.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Civil War Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Dr. Milman Pease Fountain: 7.1 mi
  • 1932 Rutland train crash site: 7.4 mi
  • Deed Rock: 7.7 mi
  • KIA Memorial: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 28
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 8.4 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 13.3 mi
Museums: 24
Artworks: 22
  • Guitar: 7.1 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 9.8 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 9.8 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 9.9 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emerson Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Cascades: 21.3 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Asnebumskit HillE 81°421 m5.7 mi
Little Asnebumskit HillENE 74°399 m5.5 mi
Crocker HillENE 68°369 m4.7 mi
Pine HillNE 53°361 m6.4 mi
Elliott HillE 97°359 m4.4 mi
Cooper HillE 86°358 m4.8 mi
Turkey HillNE 48°355 m4.7 mi
Howe HillE 91°352 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29758553

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