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Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation from directly overhead

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 512 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the east-southeast, 0.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ice Fall, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Division of State Parks and Recreation
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.49142, -71.89468

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Observation Tower: 0.4 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 3.9 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 5.6 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.8 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Wachusett: 0.4 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Church Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Little Wachusett: 2.0 mi
  • Perry Hill: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Forrester: 2.1 mi
  • Goodnow Park: 2.9 mi
  • Sawyer Field: 3.3 mi
  • Westminster State Forest: 3.3 mi
  • Hubbardston Road Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 3.8 mi
  • Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Korean War Bell: 7.3 mi
  • Leominster Civil War Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 7.3 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 8.8 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 10.1 mi
  • Folly: 12.4 mi
  • Pan Statue: 12.5 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 35
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Inner Park: 12.3 mi
Museums: 33
Beaches: 26
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 9.6 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 9.7 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Emerson Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Cascades: 6.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Trap Falls: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 10.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Wachusett Mountain State Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettESE 112°609 m0.4 mi
Little WachusettS 173°476 m2.0 mi
Pine HillESE 106°440 m1.2 mi
Brown HillSSW 191°401 m2.1 mi
Church RockNNW 334°398 m1.9 mi
Prentiss HillWNW 289°386 m2.5 mi
Ragged HillWNW 287°386 m6.6 mi
Bickford HillNW 324°385 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665706861493930
Precip in3.53.03.63.93.74.24.14.54.44.93.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29683914

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