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Town Land

Town Land from directly overhead

Town Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Gap Mountain - South Peak stands 579 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tallow Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.69967, -72.08466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tallow Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Hog Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Beryl Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Hyde Park: 1.8 mi
  • Monument Park: 2.0 mi
  • Wendall P. Clark Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Winchendon Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Militia Training Field: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Clyde II: 2.0 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 5.8 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 9.7 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 14.1 mi
  • Armillary: 14.3 mi
Museums: 31
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 2.1 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Royalston Post Office: 5.5 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 5.5 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Stone Bridge: 8.4 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 9.4 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 10.0 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 11.8 mi
  • Barrett House: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Jacob Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Black Precipice: 11.0 mi
  • Billings Fold: 11.3 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 11.3 mi
  • Overlook: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 19
  • North Camping Area Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 4.1 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 5.9 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Spirit Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 12.8 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Town Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gap Mountain - South PeakNNW 342°579 m8.7 mi
Little Monadnock MountainNW 315°571 m8.7 mi
Pratt MountainENE 75°551 m8.7 mi
Stony TopENE 72°531 m8.8 mi
Little Watatic MountainE 99°478 m8.7 mi
The PinnacleNNW 328°467 m6.9 mi
Todd HillNE 43°433 m4.9 mi
Bush HillE 82°432 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860483828
Precip in3.53.23.93.73.64.54.44.34.34.93.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29673620

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