- Elevation, modelled
- 81 m
- Tallest summit within 9.2 miles
- Mount Toby386 m · 6.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Mohawk Trail - MA13.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3892, -72.5231
Franklin Permaculture Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled 81 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rausch Mineral Gallery, a museum 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 13 miles off.
Small garden run by UMass students and faculty. Has a major focus on sustainable farming practicies.
- Operated by
- UMass Amherst
- Access
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Franklin Permaculture Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Toby | N 354° | 386 m | 6.9 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 25° | 380 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | ESE 109° | 375 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | E 91° | 371 m | 6.1 mi |
| Morse Hill | NNE 29° | 366 m | 8.3 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 358° | 356 m | 6.6 mi |
| East Hill | ESE 119° | 338 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | S 174° | 337 m | 5.8 mi |
- 13.3 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MANational
- 14.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 7 mi
- Waterfall · 15 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 16 mi
- Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Metawampe Lawn: 0.2 mi
- Haigis Mall: 0.2 mi
- Library Courtyard: 0.3 mi
- Orchard Hill Bowl: 0.3 mi
- Stockbridge Park: 0.4 mi
- Old Chapel: 0.2 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 0.5 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.1 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.1 mi
- Gulliver Meadow Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Wildwood Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Hart Farm: 1.0 mi
- Salem Street Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.3 mi
- Pulpit Hill: 2.2 mi
- Flat Hills: 2.4 mi
- Mount Warner: 2.5 mi
- Mount Boreas: 2.8 mi
- Mount Castor: 2.9 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 0.1 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.1 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 0.9 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 1.0 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 1.3 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 0.8 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 12.0 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 13.4 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 13.6 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 0.2 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 1.6 mi
- South Garden: 2.0 mi
- Quinnipiac: 0.2 mi
- Metawampe: 0.2 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 0.2 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 0.2 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 0.5 mi
- Roaring Falls: 7.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 7.7 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 9.8 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 12.8 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 12.8 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 1.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 1.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 7.3 mi
- David Musante Beach: 9.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 14.5 mi
- Hobo Falls: 19.6 mi
- Glendale Falls: 22.8 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.8 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 24.2 mi
- Rd: 15.0 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.1 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, under a mile away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel457 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle334 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee292 obs
- American Robin268 obs
- Mallard266 obs
- Western Honey Bee252 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage233 obs
- Canada Goose232 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Amherst · 1 mi
- Hadley · 5 mi
- Northampton · 7 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 7 mi
- South Hadley · 9 mi
- Deerfield · 12 mi
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