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Wass Lot

Wass Lot from directly overhead

Wass Lot is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the west-northwest, 5.1 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.47195, -71.79043

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Rocky Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Bee Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Rowley Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Justice Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Ross Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Sawyer Field: 2.3 mi
  • Fournier Park: 2.7 mi
  • Sterling Town Common: 2.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Eagles Field: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Korean War Bell: 4.0 mi
  • Leominster Civil War Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Willard Memorial: 4.3 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 4.6 mi
  • Folly: 8.3 mi
  • Pan Statue: 8.4 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 9.5 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 9.5 mi
Attractions
  • Observation Tower: 5.1 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Whale Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Trail Marker # 141: 6.7 mi
Museums: 47
Gardens: 45
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Morning Glory Farm: 7.0 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Inner Park: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 27
  • Sterling Town Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 7.2 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 7.6 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascades: 5.9 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 13.9 mi
  • The Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Wass Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettWNW 284°609 m5.1 mi
Little WachusettW 263°476 m5.1 mi
Pine HillWNW 284°440 m4.3 mi
Brown HillW 263°401 m5.8 mi
Church RockWNW 296°398 m6.9 mi
Prentiss HillWNW 286°386 m7.9 mi
Crow HillsNW 316°376 m5.2 mi
Ball HillNW 322°364 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1415:3216:18

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29681801

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