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Ware River Access

Ware River Access from directly overhead

Ware River Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Hawes Hill stands 383 m to the north, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1990
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.37101, -72.11665

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Deer Park: 1.3 mi
  • Felton Field: 3.0 mi
  • Town Common: 3.6 mi
  • Wright Memorial Field: 4.0 mi
  • Goddard Park: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 3.6 mi
  • Old Car: 3.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Dana Common Historical Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Dana Common Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 6.8 mi
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 6.8 mi
  • Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 7.3 mi
Museums: 42
  • Fisher Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Phillipston Historical Society: 13.8 mi
  • Old Academy Building: 14.1 mi
  • Pelham Historical Society: 14.8 mi
  • Gardner Museum: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 15.4 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 15.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 15.7 mi
Artworks: 34
  • Guitar: 14.4 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 16.9 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 17.2 mi
  • Tremont Columns: 17.2 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 23
Beaches: 19
  • West Brookfield Town Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Lashaway Park Town Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Streeter Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Bear's Den Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Cascades: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
  • Picnic: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Ware River Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawes HillN 359°383 m6.0 mi
Babbitt HillN 359°376 m6.5 mi
Allen HillN 356°374 m4.6 mi
Sherman HillNNW 348°369 m6.5 mi
Ragged HillSSW 211°368 m6.7 mi
Cheney HillENE 78°367 m8.2 mi
Loring HillNNW 344°357 m6.1 mi
Tufts HillSSE 156°351 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3416:19

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29676393

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