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Steele Farm

Steele Farm from directly overhead

Steele Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough, a garden 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48760, -71.52041

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 0.2 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 0.4 mi
  • ABRHS Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Stow Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Parks
  • Elm Street Fields: 2.4 mi
  • Delaney Wildlife management area: 2.8 mi
  • Holly Park Ext.: 3.2 mi
  • Bumblebee Park: 3.2 mi
  • Holly Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Mead Stone: 2.4 mi
  • Shaker Spring Slate Marker: 3.3 mi
  • Captain Sargent Homestead Foundation: 3.4 mi
  • cellar hole: 3.5 mi
  • Shaker Stone Barn: 3.5 mi
Attractions
  • stone pile: 4.4 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 5.2 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 5.3 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 5.4 mi
  • Old Stone Chamber: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Harvard Town Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 19
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascades: 15.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 18.3 mi
  • The Falls: 18.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.5 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 9.5 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Steele Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakWSW 249°192 m5.2 mi
Oak HillWNW 301°187 m2.3 mi
Oak HillNW 323°187 m2.5 mi
Wataquadock HillWSW 238°173 m6.5 mi
Prospect HillWNW 284°171 m4.7 mi
Powder House HillSW 231°162 m5.4 mi
Vaughn HillsWSW 248°158 m5.4 mi
Dean's HillWNW 286°157 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

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/502964222

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