Acton Arboretum
Acton Arboretum is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Acton Common, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 26.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Acton Common: 0.4 mi
- Goward Playground: 0.5 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 0.6 mi
- East Acton Village Green: 1.0 mi
- Great Hill Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Isaac Davis Monument: 0.4 mi
- Isaac Davis Home Site: 0.7 mi
- John Robbins Foundation: 0.7 mi
- Preserved Quarry Site: 1.8 mi
- Antenna Ruins: 1.9 mi
- Putnam Conservation Land: 0.8 mi
- Patriots Hill Conservation Land: 0.8 mi
- Wetherbee Conservation Land: 1.0 mi
- Moritz Forest Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- Cr #3: 1.2 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Discovery Museum: 1.6 mi
- YV Art Museum: 2.8 mi
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House: 4.9 mi
- Orchard House Business Office: 5.2 mi
- ABRHS Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 4.3 mi
- Conantum Community Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Great Hill: 1.3 mi
- Conant Hill: 1.4 mi
- Faulkner Hill: 1.9 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Nagog Hill: 1.9 mi
- stone pile: 1.5 mi
- Old Stone Chamber: 2.3 mi
- Davies’ Pest House Foundation: 2.4 mi
- Diamond Crossing: 2.6 mi
- Colonel Barrett House: 2.7 mi
- Minute Man Statue: 4.3 mi
- Chime Wall: 5.8 mi
- Amadinda: 5.8 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 5.9 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 6.0 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 6.1 mi
- Harvard Town Beach: 8.0 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 8.2 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Beach: 8.8 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 9.3 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 12.4 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 8.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 11.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 12.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.4 mi
- Cascades: 19.4 mi
- The Falls: 20.7 mi
- Emerson Falls: 21.4 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 14.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 20.2 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 24.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 7.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 17.0 mi
- Haywardville: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Acton Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | WNW 293° | 187 m | 6.4 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 285° | 187 m | 6.6 mi |
| Flagg Hill | WSW 253° | 139 m | 3.5 mi |
| Prospect Hill (468') | N 356° | 135 m | 6.7 mi |
| Marble Hill | WSW 239° | 126 m | 5.0 mi |
| Spindle Hill | SW 233° | 123 m | 5.5 mi |
| Birch Hill | SW 223° | 121 m | 5.8 mi |
| Wilderness Hill | NNW 329° | 120 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 4 mi away.
- Green Frog127 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage86 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit73 obs
- eastern white pine72 obs
- Common Garter Snake68 obs
- Canada mayflower67 obs
- American Bullfrog65 obs
- American Robin64 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29768867
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