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Charlton Town Common

Charlton Town Common from directly overhead

Charlton Town Common is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Little Mugget Hill stands 328 m to the north, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia Lynn Cooper Memorial Tree, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 7.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13428, -71.96956

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Mugget Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Carpenter Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Putnam Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Prindle Hill: 1.8 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Cellar Hole: 3.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.1 mi
Museums: 24
Artworks: 21
Gardens: 20
  • Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Small House Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 11.1 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cargill Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Cascade: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 9.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Charlton Town Common. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Mugget HillN 357°328 m2.4 mi
Long HillN 3°328 m4.3 mi
Burncoat HillN 2°327 m7.6 mi
Prouty HillN 358°327 m7.8 mi
Flat HillN 3°324 m4.8 mi
Gately HillN 6°312 m6.7 mi
Doane HillNW 319°310 m3.9 mi
Luther HillN 353°305 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4620:28
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3416:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 3 mi away.

  • eastern white pine10 obs
  • autumn olive8 obs
  • American pokeweed7 obs
  • Carolina Grasshopper7 obs
  • Wild Turkey6 obs
  • Solomon's plume6 obs
  • Blue Dasher6 obs
  • Western Conifer Seed Bug6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/889050674

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