Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Town Forest
Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Ragged Hill stands 368 m to the west-northwest, 5.2 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.25459, -72.09349
- 8.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 16.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.2 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 25 mi
- Summit House · 25 mi
- Waterfall · 30 mi
- Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Town Forest: 0.2 mi
- Magnante Land/Garrison Farm: 1.9 mi
- Magnante Land/Garrison Farm: 1.9 mi
- Bell Hill: 1.9 mi
- Town Forest: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Hog Hill: 0.3 mi
- Fullam Hill: 0.4 mi
- Walnut Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bonnie View Hill: 1.0 mi
- Buck Hill: 1.1 mi
Parks
- North Brookfield Common: 1.3 mi
- Lewis Field: 2.6 mi
- West Brookfield Common: 2.6 mi
- KIA memorial: 2.7 mi
- Brookfield Town Common: 2.8 mi
Attractions
- Path Continues: 2.1 mi
- Path Continues: 2.1 mi
- Path Continues?: 3.7 mi
- Path Continues: 3.8 mi
- Old Root Cellar: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- KIA Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Dr. Milman Pease Fountain: 2.8 mi
- Warren Civil War Monument: 5.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam: 8.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 9.3 mi
Museums: 36
- Worcester Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 14.9 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 15.0 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 15.3 mi
- Stone House Museum: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 33
- Butterfly Garden: 5.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 10.1 mi
- Small House Garden: 10.2 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 12.8 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 13.3 mi
Artworks: 30
- Motion: 11.2 mi
- Guitar: 11.4 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 13.5 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 13.7 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 14
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 2.6 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 3.0 mi
- Streeter Beach: 10.2 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 16.4 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 11.8 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 13.0 mi
- Overlook: 15.0 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 19.1 mi
- Ice Fall: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Bear's Den Falls: 23.2 mi
- Cascade: 23.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic: 16.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | WNW 296° | 368 m | 5.2 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | W 260° | 362 m | 7.2 mi |
| Coys Hill | W 264° | 356 m | 5.9 mi |
| Tufts Hill | N 6° | 351 m | 4.3 mi |
| Brigham Hill | ENE 58° | 342 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bell Hill | NNE 11° | 336 m | 1.9 mi |
| Moose Hill | ENE 77° | 331 m | 7.0 mi |
| Marks Mountain | WSW 243° | 331 m | 7.1 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 | 19:46 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Brimfield Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29915161
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 5 mi
- South County · 11 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 13 mi
- Southbridge · 13 mi
- Holland · 14 mi
- Worcester · 15 mi
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