Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Saint Joseph's Abbey

Saint Joseph's Abbey from directly overhead

Saint Joseph's Abbey is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the east-northeast, 5.9 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

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What to expect

Access: restricted

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Coordinates42.27936, -72.00742

4.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
17.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
23.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National

Overlooks nearby

Kiwanis Point · 26 mi
Summit House · 30 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Ralph Warren Park: 1.3 mi
Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.3 mi
Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.3 mi
Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.3 mi
Turkey Hill Brook Park: 1.3 mi

Peaks

Buck Hill: 1.3 mi
Bonds Hill: 2.2 mi
Luther Hill: 2.2 mi
Batcheller Hill: 2.4 mi
Moose Hill: 2.4 mi

Attractions

Cabin: 2.1 mi
Path Continues: 2.5 mi
Path Continues: 2.8 mi
Corridor 71 Continues: 2.8 mi
Path Continues: 2.8 mi

Historic sites

Civil War Memorial: 4.6 mi
Dr. Milman Pease Fountain: 6.6 mi
KIA Memorial: 7.4 mi
Deed Rock: 7.6 mi
1932 Rutland train crash site: 8.0 mi

Gardens28

IUI Garden for the Ages: 8.4 mi
Hadwen Community Garden: 9.0 mi
Butterfly Garden: 9.5 mi
Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 9.7 mi
Herb Garden: 12.7 mi

Museums25

Worcester Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
Salisbury Mansion: 10.5 mi
Major Taylor Museum: 10.6 mi
Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 11.2 mi
EcoTarium: 12.3 mi

Artworks20

Guitar: 7.0 mi
Orthodox Altar: 9.6 mi
Sigmund Freud: 9.6 mi
Human Chess Board: 9.8 mi
Orson the Polar Bear: 10.1 mi

Beaches15

Lashaway Park Town Beach: 3.8 mi
West Brookfield Town Beach: 7.7 mi
Streeter Beach: 13.3 mi
Point Rok Beach: 14.3 mi
Sterling Town Beach: 16.4 mi

Cliffs7

Rattlesnake Ledge: 7.6 mi
Scar Hill Bluffs: 14.6 mi
Indian Kitchen: 14.9 mi
Overlook: 15.3 mi
Ice Fall (in winter): 15.7 mi

Ghost towns4

Dana: 14.9 mi
Greenwich: 15.8 mi
Enfield: 18.5 mi
Prescott: 18.9 mi

Waterfalls3

Emerson Falls: 20.7 mi
Cascades: 21.9 mi
Bear's Den Falls: 24.4 mi

Picnic sites2

Picnic: 18.5 mi
Picnic Area: 22.8 mi

Rest areas1

Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Saint Joseph's Abbey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Asnebumskit Hill	ENE 75°	421 m	5.9 mi
Little Asnebumskit Hill	ENE 68°	399 m	5.8 mi
Crocker Hill	ENE 61°	369 m	5.0 mi
Pine Hill	NE 49°	361 m	6.8 mi
Elliott Hill	E 88°	359 m	4.5 mi
Cooper Hill	ENE 79°	358 m	5.0 mi
Turkey Hill	NE 43°	355 m	5.2 mi
Howe Hill	E 84°	352 m	5.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:52	18:23	19:00
June solstice	05:12	19:46	20:29
September equinox	06:36	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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29705900

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