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West Hill Wildlife Management Area

West Hill Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

West Hill Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. King Hill stands 253 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is E. Kent Swift Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 17 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.12911, -71.60576

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Hill Park: 1.1 mi
  • West Hill Park: 1.5 mi
  • West Hill Park: 1.5 mi
  • Plummer Playground: 2.0 mi
  • Rockdale Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Misoe Hill: 1.3 mi
  • West Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Shining Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Goat Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Plummers Hill: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Devil's Corncrib: 5.6 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 5.6 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 7.6 mi
Museums: 58
Gardens: 54
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 11.8 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 12.8 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 39
Picnic sites: 20
  • 1: 17.3 mi
  • 36: 17.3 mi
  • 35: 17.3 mi
  • 16-34: 17.4 mi
  • 2: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Condo Rock: 6.1 mi
  • The Wall: 6.3 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 15.8 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 16.2 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 17.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of West Hill Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillW 272°253 m7.4 mi
Putnam HillW 265°231 m8.6 mi
Freeland HillW 272°229 m9.3 mi
Wadkin HillSW 233°224 m9.9 mi
Pigeon HillW 269°223 m8.0 mi
Mount AraratWNW 291°223 m9.9 mi
Fay MountainN 351°212 m7.7 mi
Bald HillSW 223°210 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29762313

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