Susan B. Minns Sanctuary
Susan B. Minns Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 472 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the north, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Wachusett, a peak 0.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 27.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 24 mi
- Overlook · 29 mi
- Waterfall · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Wachusett: 0.1 mi
- Brown Hill: 0.6 mi
- Calamint Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Wachusett: 1.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
- Goodnow Park: 1.0 mi
- Hubbardston Road Park: 1.8 mi
- Entrance to Boone Trail: 2.0 mi
- Sawyer Field: 2.9 mi
- Forrester: 4.0 mi
- PLT McElroy: 1.4 mi
- Calamint Hill Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- PLT Bullock: 1.5 mi
- PLT Appell: 2.0 mi
- Wachusett Mountain State Reservation: 2.0 mi
- Observation Tower: 1.8 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 5.9 mi
- Yellow Chair: 7.3 mi
- Moses' Rock: 8.1 mi
- Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 5.8 mi
- 1932 Rutland train crash site: 6.1 mi
- Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Korean War Bell: 7.9 mi
- Leominster Civil War Memorial: 8.0 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 9.2 mi
- Folly: 10.9 mi
- Pan Statue: 11.0 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 12.0 mi
- Guitar: 13.4 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Inner Park: 10.9 mi
- Systematic Garden: 10.9 mi
- Gardner Museum: 9.4 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 9.6 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 10.4 mi
- The Icon Museum and Study Center: 11.1 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 7.3 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 8.2 mi
- Wilder Beach: 10.6 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 10.8 mi
- Lunenburg Town Beach: 10.9 mi
- Ice Fall: 2.1 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 2.1 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 10.3 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Overlook: 14.3 mi
- Emerson Falls: 6.7 mi
- Cascades: 8.0 mi
- Trap Falls: 15.7 mi
- Doane's Falls: 20.4 mi
- Doane's Falls: 20.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Trap Falls: 15.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.4 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Susan B. Minns Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett | N 6° | 609 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little Wachusett | NE 48° | 476 m | 0.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 29° | 440 m | 1.9 mi |
| Brown Hill | W 259° | 401 m | 0.6 mi |
| Church Rock | NNW 344° | 398 m | 3.8 mi |
| Prentiss Hill | NW 317° | 386 m | 3.8 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSW 201° | 386 m | 5.9 mi |
| Ragged Hill | WNW 301° | 386 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29684006
Day trips start here
- Princeton · 1 mi
- North County · 4 mi
- Ashburnham · 6 mi
- Westminster · 6 mi
- Leominster · 8 mi
- Fitchburg · 9 mi
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