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Wendys Road Conservation Area

Wendys Road Conservation Area from directly overhead

Wendys Road Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Jackson Hill stands 520 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Phelon Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 7.5 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.08687, -72.90741

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Holden Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Liberty Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Sweetman Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Winchell Mountain: 2.0 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Howells Pond Boat Launch: 6.2 mi
  • Apartment Complex Courtyard: 6.4 mi
  • Berg Field: 6.4 mi
  • Campus Green: 6.5 mi
  • Tekoa Park: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 42
  • state boundary marker: 3.4 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 8.4 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 9.6 mi
  • cellar hole: 9.9 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 6.7 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Arboretum: 6.9 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 35
  • The Globe: 6.6 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 6.7 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 8.5 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 8.7 mi
  • Epiphany: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Waterfall: 0.7 mi
  • cascade: 5.3 mi
  • cascade: 5.3 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Corps Wall: 8.2 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 8.2 mi
  • Grotto: 8.2 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 8.3 mi
  • Acorn Face: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Wendys Road Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson HillNW 317°520 m8.0 mi
Lair MountainWNW 297°513 m6.8 mi
Walnut HillNNW 328°505 m8.5 mi
Noyes HillWNW 284°496 m6.7 mi
Dug HillNNW 349°486 m8.5 mi
Tow HillWNW 290°466 m5.3 mi
Babb HillWNW 301°465 m4.9 mi
Bull MountainWSW 252°456 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/917225632

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