Skip to content

Goat Rock

Goat Rock from directly overhead

Goat Rock is an attraction in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 153 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Rock Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

The story

island in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49639216, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
153 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06121, -72.43258

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gerrish Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hampden Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Center School Park: 4.0 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 4.2 mi
  • Crane Park: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 56
Attractions: 49
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 16.6 mi
  • Cascades: 18.9 mi
  • Cascades: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic: 18.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 14.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Goat Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahE 83°379 m10.0 mi
Mount HitchcockE 79°356 m9.0 mi
Tupper HillESE 104°352 m8.5 mi
Bear HillESE 102°347 m8.7 mi
Moss HillE 101°341 m9.2 mi
Peck HillE 95°336 m6.6 mi
Chestnut HillSE 136°332 m5.7 mi
Moon MountainENE 78°330 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358270661

More attractions in Massachusetts

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Goat Rock.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens