The Common
The Common is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 347 m. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 347 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 20.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 13 mi
- Overlook · 19 mi
- Waterfall · 19 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.0 mi
- East Templeton WWII Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Stone Bridge historical marker: 2.0 mi
- Dolbier Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mine Hill: 2.5 mi
- Crow Hill: 2.6 mi
- Canesto Hill: 3.0 mi
- Searle Hill: 3.2 mi
- Burnshirt River Wildlife Conservation Easement: 1.3 mi
- E Templeton Pond Dam Project: 1.5 mi
- Dwelly Farm Conservation Area, North Country Conservation Trust (NCLT): 1.7 mi
- Smith / Rodecki Water Suuply Land: 2.2 mi
- Templeton State Forest: 2.2 mi
- Kermit Coleman Field: 1.8 mi
- Houghton Park: 3.0 mi
- River's Edge Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Monument Square: 3.6 mi
- Greenwood Playground: 3.6 mi
- Bicentennial Giant Chair: 4.5 mi
- Yellow Chair: 5.1 mi
- The Barre Cross: 6.3 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 7.9 mi
- Path Continues: 8.0 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 6.6 mi
- Clyde II: 8.7 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 9.6 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 17.5 mi
- Folly: 22.0 mi
- Phillipston Historical Society: 3.6 mi
- Gardner Museum: 4.5 mi
- Fisher Museum: 6.4 mi
- Old Town Hall: 8.0 mi
- Winchendon Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Overlook: 8.2 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 9.5 mi
- Ice Fall: 9.6 mi
- Jacob Hill: 11.9 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 13.5 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 6.0 mi
- North Camping Area Beach: 6.4 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
- Holiday Cove: 9.5 mi
- Doane's Falls: 9.4 mi
- Doane's Falls: 9.4 mi
- Spirit Falls: 10.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 11.5 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 13.2 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 10.1 mi
- Falcon Spring: 20.6 mi
- Trap Falls: 16.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of The Common. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | W 261° | 416 m | 5.3 mi |
| Baldwin Hill | WNW 291° | 411 m | 4.8 mi |
| Town Line Hill | NE 37° | 406 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ward Hill | W 280° | 405 m | 5.4 mi |
| Canesto Hill | SSE 161° | 400 m | 3.0 mi |
| Church Rock | ESE 109° | 398 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pratt Hill | WNW 292° | 394 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 10° | 393 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:33 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 6 mi away.
- Canadian lousewort13 obs
- Monarch10 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth10 obs
- trailing arbutus8 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee7 obs
- red trillium6 obs
- American ginseng6 obs
- American Robin5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1057485797
Day trips start here
- Gardner · 4 mi
- Ashburnham · 8 mi
- Westminster · 8 mi
- Princeton · 12 mi
- Fitchburg · 14 mi
- North County · 14 mi
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