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Trapfall Brook Access

Trapfall Brook Access from directly overhead

Trapfall Brook Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. New Ipswich Mountain stands 563 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1987
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.69143, -71.82379

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • TAYBS Craven Field: 4.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
  • Taft Memorial Field: 5.1 mi
  • Myrtle Marsh Park: 5.2 mi
  • Mason Railroad Trail: 5.3 mi
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 6.0 mi
  • CAVA: 8.0 mi
  • Prima Del Bacio (Before The Kiss): 8.0 mi
  • Cell I: 8.0 mi
  • Windows Into Big Bear Mountain: 8.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Fitchburg Creamery: 6.2 mi
  • World War 2 Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 7.3 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 7.6 mi
  • Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 36
Museums: 35
Gardens: 34
  • Sundial Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Maple Hill Gardens: 11.2 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 7.4 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 7.7 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 8.8 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Trap Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Cascades: 9.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 9.6 mi
  • The Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 17.7 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Trapfall Brook Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
New Ipswich MountainNW 308°563 m6.0 mi
Barrett MountainNW 317°561 m6.7 mi
Mount WataticW 276°555 m3.5 mi
Pratt MountainWNW 301°551 m5.6 mi
Kidder MountainNNW 335°549 m7.0 mi
Stony TopNW 304°531 m5.9 mi
Wildcat HillNNW 333°529 m7.3 mi
Nutting HillWNW 284°491 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:1019:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1515:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534465766716962493930
Precip in3.53.34.44.23.74.33.74.34.25.33.94.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Coop, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29684244

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