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Town Forest-West

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Town Forest-West from directly overhead

Town Forest-West is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is William Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 16 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06072, -71.67646

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • William Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Quarry Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Bald Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Castle Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Goat Hill: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • Martin Road Park: 1.6 mi
  • B24 Liberator Crash Site: 1.7 mi
  • Taft Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Soldiers Field: 2.2 mi
  • Uxbridge Common District: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 5.0 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 5.0 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 10.5 mi
  • Cumberlandite: 11.9 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 12.0 mi
Artworks
Museums: 52
Gardens: 49
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 15.8 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 20
  • Site #36: 16.3 mi
  • 1: 18.9 mi
  • 36: 19.0 mi
  • 35: 19.0 mi
  • 16-34: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Woodward's Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Condo Rock: 11.9 mi
  • The Wall: 12.0 mi
  • Pond Cave: 16.4 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 18.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Town Forest-West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillW 263°277 m7.2 mi
Goat HillWNW 293°268 m7.6 mi
Bare HillW 280°262 m7.8 mi
Whittier HillWNW 301°256 m7.9 mi
King HillNW 323°253 m6.2 mi
Fort HillWNW 286°253 m8.8 mi
Potter HillNW 316°241 m8.9 mi
Sugarloaf HillW 269°234 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3416:19

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29776762

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