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Sherborn Town Forest

Sherborn Town Forest from directly overhead

Sherborn Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east-southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Edwards Plain-Dowses Corner Historic District, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.7 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.25360, -71.37425

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Edwards Plain-Dowses Corner Historic District: 0.3 mi
  • Laurel Farm Baseball and Soccer Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 0.9 mi
  • Merchant Road Fields: 1.6 mi
  • West Hill Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 2.0 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 2.1 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 2.2 mi
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 2.3 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.5 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 5.6 mi
  • Martini Junction: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 59
Cliffs: 47
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.4 mi
  • The Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Condo Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Sherborn Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillESE 115°137 m4.8 mi
Cedar HillESE 118°134 m5.7 mi
Bald HillSW 232°132 m4.4 mi
Wildcat HillWNW 286°132 m6.0 mi
Miller HillSW 226°129 m5.8 mi
Pegan HillE 93°125 m3.6 mi
Broad HillWSW 248°124 m4.5 mi
Magunco HillW 268°124 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29777696

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