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Town Forest

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Town Forest from directly overhead

Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Crocker Hill stands 369 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Path Continues, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24834, -72.03231

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Path Continues: 0.6 mi
  • Old Root Cellar: 2.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.0 mi
  • Momo's Rock: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Bemis Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Luther Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Bonds Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Fullam Hill: 2.8 mi
Parks
  • Powder Mill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bemis Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • O'Gara Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wire Village Ball Park: 2.1 mi
  • Turkey Hill Brook Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 24
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 9.8 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Small House Garden: 10.3 mi
Museums: 24
Artworks: 20
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Emerson Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Cascades: 24.4 mi
  • Cascade: 25.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 16.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crocker HillNE 51°369 m7.2 mi
Elliott HillENE 68°359 m6.2 mi
Cooper HillENE 63°358 m6.9 mi
Howe HillENE 67°352 m7.0 mi
Tufts HillNNW 331°351 m5.4 mi
Fox HillNE 45°343 m6.9 mi
Brigham HillNE 39°342 m6.2 mi
Bell HillNW 310°336 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3416:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683755

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