Town Forest
Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Ragged Hill stands 368 m to the west-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Magnante Land/Garrison Farm, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 21.3 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 23 mi
- Summit House · 24 mi
- Waterfall · 28 mi
- Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Magnante Land/Garrison Farm: 0.6 mi
- Magnante Land/Garrison Farm: 0.7 mi
- Magnante Land/Garrison Farm: 0.8 mi
- Sucker Brook F.C.: 1.2 mi
- Bell Hill: 1.6 mi
- Wigwam Hill: 1.1 mi
- Buck Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hales Hill: 1.4 mi
- Tower Hill: 1.6 mi
- Whortleberry Hill: 1.6 mi
- North Brookfield Common: 1.8 mi
- West Brookfield Common: 3.0 mi
- KIA memorial: 3.1 mi
- Lewis Field: 4.1 mi
- Brookfield Town Common: 4.3 mi
- KIA Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Dr. Milman Pease Fountain: 4.3 mi
- Warren Civil War Monument: 5.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam: 7.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Path Continues: 3.2 mi
- Path Continues: 3.2 mi
- The Rock House: 4.1 mi
- Path Continues?: 4.8 mi
- Old Car: 5.2 mi
- Stone House Museum: 14.6 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 14.7 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 16.1 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 16.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 11.6 mi
- Small House Garden: 11.7 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 14.0 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Guitar: 12.6 mi
- Motion: 13.1 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 15.0 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 15.2 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 15.3 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 3.1 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 4.5 mi
- Streeter Beach: 11.5 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 18.1 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 19.7 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 11.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.1 mi
- Overlook: 13.3 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 18.5 mi
- Ice Fall: 18.6 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 21.2 mi
- Emerson Falls: 23.8 mi
- Cascade: 24.0 mi
- Picnic: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | WNW 283° | 368 m | 3.5 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | WSW 244° | 362 m | 6.5 mi |
| Coys Hill | WSW 245° | 356 m | 5.1 mi |
| Tufts Hill | NNE 31° | 351 m | 3.3 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NW 325° | 348 m | 7.2 mi |
| Brigham Hill | ENE 70° | 342 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bell Hill | ENE 78° | 336 m | 1.6 mi |
| Charity Hill | NNW 327° | 333 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29673567
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 7 mi
- South County · 13 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 14 mi
- Holland · 15 mi
- Southbridge · 15 mi
- Worcester · 16 mi
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