Standing Rock

Standing Rock is a stone in Town of Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Standing Rock is situated nearby to the nature reserve Bamford Land, as well as near the pond NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oak Ridge Observatory and North Cemetery.

Oak Ridge Observatory

Building

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Oak Ridge Observatory, also known as the George R. Agassiz Station, is located at 42 Pinnacle Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. It was operated by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian as a facility of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1933 until August 19, 2005. Oak Ridge Observatory is situated 1½ miles north of Standing Rock.

North Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

North Cemetery is situated 1½ miles east of Standing Rock.

Boxborough Town Hall

Town hall

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Boxborough Town Hall is situated 2 miles east of Standing Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harvard and Boxborough.

Harvard

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Harvard is a town of 6,900 people in North County. It has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Harvard Shaker Village and the utopian transcendentalist center Fruitlands.

Boxborough

Village

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Acton is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 24,000 in the 2020 census. Boxborough is a town with a population of about 6,000. Maynard is a town with a population of 11,000. Stow is a town with a population of 7,000. Boxborough is situated 2 miles east of Standing Rock.

Still River

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Harvard is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 25 miles west-northwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. It is mostly bounded by I-495 to the east and Route 2 to the north. Still River is situated 3 miles west of Standing Rock.

Standing Rock

Type: Stone
Category: landform
Location: Town of Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.48484° or 42° 29′ 5″ north

Longitude

-71.55763° or 71° 33′ 28″ west

Open location code

87JCFCMR+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 914146268

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=stone

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