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Wilfret Land (Pin Hill Proj)

Wilfret Land (Pin Hill Proj) from directly overhead

Wilfret Land (Pin Hill Proj) is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the south-southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cram Land (Pin Hill Area), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50812, -71.58769

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pin Hill South: 0.1 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 0.2 mi
  • Dean's Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Ryan Field: 0.3 mi
  • Town Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Harvard Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mirror Lake: 1.8 mi
  • Barber Land: 2.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Native Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 3.8 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 7.5 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 7.7 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 7.8 mi
  • stone pile: 7.8 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 32
  • Harvard Town Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascades: 11.3 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.9 mi
  • The Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 10.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 5.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Wilfret Land (Pin Hill Proj). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSSW 204°192 m3.6 mi
Oak HillE 100°187 m1.5 mi
Oak HillENE 74°187 m2.0 mi
Jocelyn HillWNW 289°180 m7.1 mi
Wataquadock HillSSW 203°173 m5.3 mi
Prospect HillWSW 254°171 m1.1 mi
Pond HillW 277°167 m6.5 mi
Powder House HillS 189°162 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1415:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29777717

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