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Town Forest

Town Forest from directly overhead

Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Fay Mountain stands 212 m to the west-northwest, 7.9 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.17952, -71.49663

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Teeter Totter: 0.5 mi
  • NEMBA Land: 0.8 mi
  • College Rock Park: 1.1 mi
  • Collela"S Park: 2.1 mi
  • Fino Field Complex: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Statue: 3.1 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 3.6 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 8.9 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 9.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden Southborough: 7.4 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 9.0 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 40
Cliffs: 36
  • Condo Rock: 0.5 mi
  • The Wall: 0.5 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 11.8 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 17.5 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • 36: 15.4 mi
  • 1: 15.4 mi
  • 35: 15.4 mi
  • 16-34: 15.5 mi
  • 15: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fay MountainWNW 302°212 m7.9 mi
George HillW 279°183 m7.4 mi
Pratt HillW 272°181 m6.1 mi
Misoe HillSW 230°180 m5.6 mi
Peppercorn HillW 280°174 m3.3 mi
Magomiscock HillSW 235°171 m3.0 mi
Bear HillWNW 294°170 m4.4 mi
Newtons HillNNW 329°166 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29783170

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