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VFW FIeld

VFW FIeld from directly overhead

VFW FIeld is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 74 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the south-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Village View, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
74 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.58148, -71.49456

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Forge Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Freedom Park: 0.5 mi
  • Stony Brook canoe access: 1.9 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Club Field: 2.1 mi
  • Conant Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Forge Village Honor Roll: 0.4 mi
  • Sergeant William Woitowicz Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Major Moses Poor Palmer: 1.3 mi
  • Harvey P Sargisson: 1.4 mi
  • Westford Knight: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Westford Community Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 3.9 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 5.6 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 5.6 mi
  • Wetlands Viewing Area: 5.6 mi
  • Vernal Pool Viewing area: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 33
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 9.1 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 21
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wamesit Falls: 10.5 mi
  • The Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cascades: 15.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 17.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 4.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of VFW FIeld. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillSSW 212°187 m5.3 mi
Oak HillSSW 211°187 m6.2 mi
Chestnut HillNW 312°157 m4.1 mi
Prospect HillWNW 294°149 m3.1 mi
Brown LoafNW 305°141 m3.0 mi
Gibbet HillWNW 301°139 m3.8 mi
Prospect Hill (468')E 97°135 m2.7 mi
Pingry HillSW 231°133 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 8 mi away.

  • Painted Turtle54 obs
  • Common Garter Snake32 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee31 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle30 obs
  • Gray Treefrog30 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk28 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle24 obs
  • Spring Peeper23 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/29776844

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