Brown Loaf
Brown Loaf rises to 141 m in Massachusetts. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the south, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookside Place Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49015604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 141 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 17.1 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 26.6 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brookside Place Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Martins Pond Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Baddocook Woods: 0.6 mi
- Angus Acre: 0.6 mi
- Gilson Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Mountain Lakes Club Field: 1.0 mi
- Hanson Playground: 1.4 mi
- Legion Field: 1.7 mi
- Rooftop Boat Access: 3.0 mi
- VFW FIeld: 3.0 mi
- Forest Bells: 1.3 mi
- Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 7.6 mi
- Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 7.6 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 9.6 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 9.7 mi
- Westford Museum: 5.6 mi
- Littlefield Library Museum: 7.8 mi
- Fruitlands Museum: 7.8 mi
- YV Art Museum: 8.8 mi
- Harvard Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Scarlet Hill: 0.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.6 mi
- Indian Hills: 0.9 mi
- Gibbet Hill: 0.9 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.2 mi
- Katie's Garden: 1.3 mi
- Ayer Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Westford Community Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Native Herb Garden: 7.6 mi
- Indian Grinding Stone: 6.3 mi
- Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 7.2 mi
- Gathering Rocks: 8.1 mi
- Wetlands Overlook Area: 8.1 mi
- Wetlands Viewing Area: 8.1 mi
- Bancroft's castle: 0.9 mi
- Leon And Katherine Hurd Memorial: 1.1 mi
- 911 Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Bates Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Gold Star Memorial monumen: 1.6 mi
- Swimming Hole: 6.2 mi
- Harvard Town Beach: 8.1 mi
- Freeman Lake Beach: 8.1 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 8.9 mi
- Wilder Beach: 10.3 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 8.1 mi
- Trap Falls: 12.7 mi
- North Grove Catering: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 20.7 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 20.8 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 2.1 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Scenic Overlook / Sara's Resting Spot: 17.6 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 12.5 mi
- Trap Falls: 12.7 mi
- Emerson Falls: 15.6 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 17.4 mi
- Purgatory Lower Falls: 19.2 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.3 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 19.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 6.9 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 18.7 mi
- Haywardville: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Brown Loaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | S 183° | 187 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 269° | 158 m | 6.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 330° | 157 m | 1.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 223° | 149 m | 0.6 mi |
| Mount Lebanon | NW 310° | 149 m | 4.4 mi |
| Nissitissit Hills | NNW 347° | 149 m | 6.3 mi |
| Benjamin Hill | WSW 238° | 141 m | 6.3 mi |
| Shipley Hill | NW 306° | 141 m | 6.3 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 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611097 — Brown Loaf, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358271967
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