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Turkey Hill Reservation

Turkey Hill Reservation from directly overhead

Turkey Hill Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 111 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the northwest, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
111 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Arlington Park and Recreation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43245, -71.17341

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Francis M. Donnelly Memorial Square: 0.3 mi
  • McClennen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mullen Field: 0.6 mi
  • Locke School Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Symmes Hospital Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.3 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Baby Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Revere Beach: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Bloody Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Crag 1: 4.9 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 5.6 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 7.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.1 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 5.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Turkey Hill Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillNW 322°110 m0.8 mi
Loring HillW 278°109 m3.2 mi
Granny HillWNW 300°108 m2.8 mi
Turkey HillE 90°107 m0.0 mi
Zion HillN 349°107 m1.6 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 25°105 m1.0 mi
Fullers HillW 260°105 m4.2 mi
Robinson HillWNW 293°102 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737163514132
Precip in3.73.44.83.93.84.13.83.93.74.94.14.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee774 obs
  • Western Honey Bee637 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle391 obs
  • garlic mustard267 obs
  • Mallard262 obs
  • Asian bittersweet217 obs
  • Winter Firefly209 obs
  • Japanese knotweed179 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29818700

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