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Wilder Brook Conservation Area

Wilder Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Wilder Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rowley Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Town of Sterling Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.45336, -71.78597

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Rowley Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Ross Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Fitch Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Kendall Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Bee Hill: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sterling Town Common: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • West Sterling Park: 2.1 mi
  • Sterling Greenery Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Sawyer Field: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Korean War Bell: 5.2 mi
  • Leominster Civil War Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Willard Memorial: 5.5 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 5.5 mi
  • Folly: 7.0 mi
  • Pan Statue: 7.1 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 9.7 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 47
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Morning Glory Farm: 6.3 mi
  • Inner Park: 6.9 mi
  • Systematic Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Winter Garden: 7.0 mi
Museums: 45
Beaches: 28
  • Sterling Town Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 8.3 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 8.8 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 6.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Wilder Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettWNW 296°609 m5.7 mi
Little WachusettW 278°476 m5.3 mi
Pine HillWNW 298°440 m5.0 mi
Brown HillW 275°401 m6.0 mi
Church RockNW 304°398 m7.7 mi
Crow HillsNW 323°376 m6.3 mi
Ball HillNNW 328°364 m5.5 mi
South Monoosnoc HillN 352°345 m5.0 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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1016053875

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