Thoreau Street Conservation Restriction
Thoreau Street Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Emerson Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Concord Natural Resources Commission
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.4 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 29.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 16 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Emerson Playground: 0.2 mi
- The Quad: 0.5 mi
- Chapel Lawn: 0.6 mi
- Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District: 0.6 mi
- Willard Common: 1.0 mi
- Planted Canoe: 0.5 mi
- Monument Square: 0.7 mi
- Conantum Community Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.3 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.6 mi
- The War of the Rebellion 1861-1865: 0.6 mi
- Brister Freeman Homestead Site Marker: 0.7 mi
- Reflection: 0.9 mi
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House: 0.6 mi
- Orchard House Business Office: 1.0 mi
- Bronson Alcott School of Philosophy: 1.0 mi
- Orchard House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Thoreau Cabin replica: 1.2 mi
- Ellen Emerson Grove: 0.7 mi
- South Meadow Playground: 0.7 mi
- Mill Brook Meadow: 1.0 mi
- Willard Common: 1.0 mi
- Willard Common Water Department Land: 1.0 mi
- Thoreau Cabin site: 0.9 mi
- Thoreau Bean Field: 0.9 mi
- Egg Rock: 0.9 mi
- Little Women House: 1.0 mi
- Old Manse: 1.1 mi
- Nashawtuc Hill: 1.0 mi
- Fairhaven Hill: 1.1 mi
- Poplar Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.6 mi
- Punkatasset Hill: 2.0 mi
- Minute Man Statue: 1.2 mi
- Dream World: 2.5 mi
- Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 2.5 mi
- Archadian Gyro: 2.5 mi
- Watershed: 2.5 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 8.1 mi
- Memorial Beach: 10.6 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 10.7 mi
- Centennial Beach: 10.7 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 10.9 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 8.8 mi
- Lunch Wall: 12.1 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 6.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 12.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.1 mi
- Cascades: 23.9 mi
- The Falls: 24.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 25.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 15.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 9.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 12.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 22.3 mi
- Haywardville: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Thoreau Street Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | SE 131° | 135 m | 6.7 mi |
| Goodman Hill | SSW 207° | 119 m | 6.0 mi |
| Nagog Hill | NW 309° | 111 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rail Tree Hill | NNW 343° | 111 m | 6.4 mi |
| Annursnac Hill | NW 309° | 110 m | 2.8 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 282° | 109 m | 5.3 mi |
| Loring Hill | E 99° | 109 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | SE 130° | 106 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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