Shaw Pond Reservoir Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Shaw Pond Reservoir Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Hill Flood Control Site, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moose Hill Flood Control Site: 1.0 mi
- Difley Family Forest: 2.4 mi
- Paxton Recreation Commission: 2.4 mi
- Morgan Swamp: 2.5 mi
- Paxton Recreational Commission Trail System: 2.9 mi
- Dead End: 1.3 mi
- Path Contiunes: 1.3 mi
- Deer Stand: 1.3 mi
- To Paintball Area: 1.3 mi
- Deer Stand: 1.5 mi
- Elliott Hill: 1.4 mi
- Moose Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 1.4 mi
- Carey Hill: 1.8 mi
- Burncoat Hill: 2.0 mi
- Town Common: 2.1 mi
- J.E. Russell Park: 2.5 mi
- Turkey Hill Brook Park: 2.5 mi
- Luther Hill Park: 2.6 mi
- Ralph Warren Park: 2.7 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Deed Rock: 3.9 mi
- Goddard Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Hadwen House Foundation: 5.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Guitar: 3.5 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 5.9 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 6.0 mi
- Human Chess Board: 6.3 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 6.4 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 4.8 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 6.0 mi
- Secret Garden: 12.6 mi
- Lawn Garden: 12.6 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 6.9 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 7.0 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 7.6 mi
- EcoTarium: 8.7 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 6.2 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 10.7 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 10.9 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 14.4 mi
- Streeter Beach: 14.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 3.9 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 11.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Ice Fall: 15.7 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 15.7 mi
- Emerson Falls: 20.5 mi
- Cascades: 21.3 mi
- Cargill Falls: 24.3 mi
- Picnic: 18.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Shaw Pond Reservoir Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnebumskit Hill | NE 41° | 421 m | 3.2 mi |
| Little Asnebumskit Hill | NNE 30° | 399 m | 3.6 mi |
| Crocker Hill | NNE 14° | 369 m | 3.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 17° | 361 m | 5.6 mi |
| Elliott Hill | NE 41° | 359 m | 1.4 mi |
| Cooper Hill | NE 35° | 358 m | 2.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 360° | 355 m | 4.7 mi |
| Howe Hill | NE 48° | 352 m | 2.3 mi |
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 | 20:28 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1051197201
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 3 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 6 mi
- Worcester · 7 mi
- Millbury · 10 mi
- South County · 10 mi
- Shrewsbury · 12 mi
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