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Walleston Conservation Area

Walleston Conservation Area from directly overhead

Walleston Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Fay Mountain stands 212 m to the northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Peppercorn Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Upton

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18569, -71.56255

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Peppercorn Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Christian Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Silver Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Bear Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Ockoocanganset Hill: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Upton Common: 2.2 mi
  • Collela"S Park: 2.4 mi
  • Berry Acres Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Tank Field: 2.9 mi
  • NEMBA Land: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Hoyt Statue: 3.8 mi
  • Statue: 3.8 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 8.5 mi
  • Uncle Beazley: 11.8 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 39
Picnic sites: 34
  • 1: 18.0 mi
  • 36: 18.0 mi
  • 35: 18.0 mi
  • 16-34: 18.0 mi
  • 15: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 27
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fay MountainNW 318°212 m5.0 mi
Leland HillWSW 257°202 m7.5 mi
Pigeon HillWNW 286°195 m5.9 mi
George HillW 281°183 m4.0 mi
Pratt HillW 265°181 m2.7 mi
Green HillNW 309°181 m7.9 mi
Potter HillW 279°181 m8.1 mi
Misoe HillSSW 193°180 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1215:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1197053401

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