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Schenk Farm Conservation Area

Schenk Farm Conservation Area from directly overhead

Schenk Farm Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the south, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Westminster Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.55766, -71.89607

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Academy Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bean Porridge Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Damon Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Crocker Pond Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Westminster Town Common: 1.2 mi
  • Forrester: 2.6 mi
  • Crocker Playground: 2.6 mi
  • West Fitchburg Steamline Trail: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 1.2 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 3.7 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 4.6 mi
  • Painted Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Observation Tower: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 5.5 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 9.0 mi
  • Clyde II: 11.7 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 13.8 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 14.9 mi
Museums: 40
Gardens: 35
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 27
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 1.0 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 7.8 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Emerson Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Cascades: 4.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Schenk Farm Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettS 174°609 m4.8 mi
Little WachusettS 177°476 m6.5 mi
Pine HillSSE 166°440 m5.0 mi
Mount HungerN 3°439 m6.7 mi
Jewell HillNNE 17°429 m5.9 mi
Russell HillNNE 13°414 m6.6 mi
Meeting House HillN 350°409 m6.0 mi
Packard HillNNW 343°407 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564706861483828
Precip in3.53.34.44.24.04.23.93.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29759368

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