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Schmidt Conservation Restriction

Schmidt Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Schmidt Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Mill Brook Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Sudbury Valley Trustees
Access
Permitted

How to reach it

Coordinates42.37207, -71.35371

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Town Building Fields: 0.9 mi
  • Soldiers Field Town Park: 2.5 mi
  • Oxbow Meadows: 2.6 mi
  • Boston Post Road Historic District: 2.6 mi
  • The Terraces: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • Ponyhenge: 2.4 mi
  • Emerson's Cliff: 4.5 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Italinate garden: 3.4 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 3.9 mi
  • Conantum Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 4.8 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Site 9: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 5.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Schmidt Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillWSW 250°183 m5.2 mi
Doeskin HillWSW 251°152 m5.5 mi
Juniper HillWSW 245°136 m5.7 mi
Prospect HillENE 77°135 m5.2 mi
Little ProspectE 80°133 m5.1 mi
Tippling RockWSW 256°125 m4.7 mi
Reeves HillS 176°122 m1.9 mi
Goodman HillW 275°119 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1202037691

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