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Town Forest

Town Forest from directly overhead

Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Bald Hill stands 210 m to the west, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Iyons Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.05393, -71.57278

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Chestnut Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Estey Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Waterbug Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Inman Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Daniels Hill: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Skull Rock Lock Trailhead: 2.2 mi
  • High Rocks Gorge: 3.0 mi
  • High Rocks Gorge: 3.1 mi
  • Tupperware Park: 3.1 mi
  • Central (Stanley) Woolen Mill District Park: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Cumberlandite: 6.9 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 8.9 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 8.9 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 9.1 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 48
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 12.9 mi
  • Julia's Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 36
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 12.4 mi
  • 1: 13.7 mi
  • 36: 13.7 mi
  • 35: 13.7 mi
  • 16-34: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 9.0 mi
  • The Wall: 9.0 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 12.4 mi
  • Pond Cave: 12.5 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 19.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillW 266°210 m7.1 mi
Pratt HillNNW 346°181 m9.2 mi
Misoe HillN 356°180 m5.1 mi
Woonsocket HillS 169°180 m5.4 mi
Castle HillWNW 296°176 m5.8 mi
Peppercorn HillN 4°174 m9.3 mi
Magomiscock HillNNE 11°171 m7.1 mi
Cooper HillSSW 202°171 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29768873

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