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Grandmothers' Garden

Grandmothers' Garden from directly overhead

Grandmothers' Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Allen Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 6.8 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12380, -72.76093

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Allen Park: 0.1 mi
  • Municipal Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Holcomb Park: 0.3 mi
  • Elm Street Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Whitney Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Commemorative Brick Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • Rock of Pearl Harbor: 0.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Pochassic Hills: 1.8 mi
  • Bush Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Stony Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Round Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Kelly Hill: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Providence Arboretum: 0.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Arboretum: 1.1 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Epiphany: 0.8 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 0.8 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 0.9 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 1.3 mi
  • The Globe: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 32
  • World War II Tank: 8.9 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 9.0 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 9.1 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 9.4 mi
  • state boundary marker: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Waterfall: 8.0 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 11.7 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 12
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.3 mi
  • Rd: 7.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Grandmothers' Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillWSW 255°448 m8.9 mi
Sweetman MountainW 260°446 m6.7 mi
Sunset HillWNW 294°446 m9.0 mi
Prospect HillWSW 247°425 m9.4 mi
Holden HillWSW 256°412 m7.1 mi
Birch HillWNW 291°407 m7.3 mi
Bungy MountainNNW 341°405 m7.5 mi
Winchell MountainWSW 238°403 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 3 mi away.

  • Canada Goose37 obs
  • eastern hemlock34 obs
  • Mallard33 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • Greylag Goose25 obs
  • mountain laurel21 obs
  • American Robin20 obs
  • Japanese knotweed18 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1167185074

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