Taft Parcel
Taft Parcel is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Atkinson Parcel, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 19 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Atkinson Parcel: 0.3 mi
- Sexton Street Parcels: 0.7 mi
- Sudbury Water District: 0.8 mi
- Eisner Parcel: 1.0 mi
- GFWCM Memorial Forest: 1.3 mi
- Haskell Field: 0.5 mi
- Sudbury Center Historic District: 2.1 mi
- Heritage Park: 2.1 mi
- The Wayside Inn: 2.2 mi
- Carisbrooke Park: 2.6 mi
- Willis Hill: 1.4 mi
- Vose Hill: 1.9 mi
- Tippling Rock: 2.3 mi
- Pendleton Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tuttle Hill: 2.5 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 1.5 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 3.5 mi
- Petting Zoo: 3.5 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 3.7 mi
- Ayshire Horse Farm: 5.1 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 2.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.5 mi
- Stegosaurus: 3.4 mi
- Hidden Valley: 3.4 mi
- Fireball: 3.6 mi
- Redstone School: 2.3 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 3.0 mi
- Discovery Museum: 5.3 mi
- West School Museum: 5.7 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Bent Ice House: 2.8 mi
- Barn Foundation: 3.2 mi
- Haynes Garrison Site: 3.3 mi
- Henry Gardner house site: 3.5 mi
- Old Foundation: 4.0 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Conantum Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
- ABRHS Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 2.7 mi
- Memorial Beach: 4.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 4.3 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 7.3 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Lunch Wall: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 10.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.6 mi
- Cascades: 21.2 mi
- Emerson Falls: 22.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 13.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 18.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 15.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 19.5 mi
- Haywardville: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Taft Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | S 177° | 183 m | 2.9 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | WSW 239° | 164 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | WSW 237° | 161 m | 6.0 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | SSW 202° | 153 m | 4.2 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | S 184° | 152 m | 2.9 mi |
| Spoon Hill | WSW 247° | 146 m | 4.0 mi |
| Barretts Hill | WNW 287° | 140 m | 6.2 mi |
| Farm Hill | SW 231° | 139 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29778021
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