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W Smith Land & Tufts Land 2

W Smith Land & Tufts Land 2 from directly overhead

W Smith Land & Tufts Land 2 is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the south-southwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tufts, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49804, -71.60226

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Dean's Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 1.1 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 1.3 mi
  • Oak Hill: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Town Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Ryan Field: 1.0 mi
  • Mirror Lake: 2.0 mi
  • Harvard Park: 2.4 mi
  • Barber Land: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 7.4 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 7.5 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 7.6 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 7.6 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 30
  • Harvard Town Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 10.8 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Trap Falls: 15.0 mi
  • The Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 11.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of W Smith Land & Tufts Land 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSSW 196°192 m2.7 mi
Oak HillE 79°187 m2.3 mi
Oak HillENE 65°187 m3.0 mi
Peach HillSSW 198°180 m6.6 mi
Jocelyn HillWNW 297°180 m6.7 mi
Wataquadock HillSSW 198°173 m4.4 mi
Prospect HillNW 317°171 m0.5 mi
Pond HillWNW 284°167 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29764169

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