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White Horse Lane Conservation Area

White Horse Lane Conservation Area from directly overhead

White Horse Lane Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the north, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is South Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Petersham Conservation Commission
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.46818, -72.18705

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Carter Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Camels Hump Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Loring Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Chimney Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Sherman Hill: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 0.9 mi
  • Trail Continues: 1.2 mi
  • Old Town Hall: 3.7 mi
  • Old Schoolhouse: 3.7 mi
  • Dead Man's Curve: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 1.1 mi
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 1.1 mi
  • Dana Common Historical Rock: 3.7 mi
  • Dana Common Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Grave's Landing: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Town Common: 1.4 mi
  • Town Common: 1.4 mi
  • Rocking Stone Park: 2.7 mi
  • Town Common: 5.2 mi
  • Felton Field: 6.2 mi
Museums: 41
Gardens: 33
  • Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 12.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 29
  • South Royalston Chicken: 11.4 mi
  • Clyde II: 16.3 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 18.1 mi
  • Metawampe: 18.1 mi
  • Robert Frost: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 25
Beaches: 22
  • Silver Lake Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 13.0 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 13.4 mi
  • West Brookfield Town Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Bear's Den Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of White Horse Lane Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillN 8°416 m5.3 mi
Baldwin HillNNE 12°411 m7.9 mi
Ward HillN 6°405 m7.0 mi
Canesto HillENE 65°400 m7.8 mi
Pratt HillN 1°394 m8.4 mi
Dolbier HillNE 51°389 m8.5 mi
Packard MountainW 267°386 m8.5 mi
Poor Farm HillWNW 288°384 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3416:19

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29676858

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