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Waters Farm

Waters Farm from directly overhead

Waters Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Mugget Hill stands 299 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sutton Falls, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10528, -71.78318

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Putnam Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Goat Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Whittier Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Pigeon Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Freeland Hill: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 3.8 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 3.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.8 mi
Parks
  • Soldiers Field: 4.1 mi
  • Josling Park (ext.): 4.3 mi
  • Joslin Park: 4.3 mi
  • Treasure Land Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
  • Carbuncle Park: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 31
Museums: 28
Gardens: 26
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 10.9 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Goddard Rocket: 7.4 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 9.1 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 9.2 mi
  • The Hand of Christ: 9.3 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 11.2 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Condo Rock: 15.2 mi
  • The Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Scar Hill Bluffs: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cargill Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Thirsty Beaver: 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 16.5 mi
  • Site #36: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Waters Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mugget HillWNW 283°299 m9.1 mi
Ponnakin HillWNW 301°278 m8.6 mi
Wood HillSSW 203°277 m4.3 mi
Goat HillW 265°268 m1.5 mi
Brackett HillWNW 294°265 m9.1 mi
Bare HillSW 231°262 m2.8 mi
Beacon HillWNW 288°262 m8.4 mi
Carroll HillWNW 294°262 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1219:4520:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29700432

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