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Phoenix Garden

Phoenix Garden from directly overhead

Phoenix Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Kidds Lookout stands 438 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Northampton, a museum 0.3 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.31947, -72.62288

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pulaski Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sheldon Field: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Field: 0.8 mi
  • Agnes Fox Field: 0.8 mi
  • Smith College Athletic Fields: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 56
Gardens: 40
  • Capen Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 0.9 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 33
  • War Memorial Pool: 6.9 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 8.0 mi
  • World War II Tank: 12.0 mi
  • Timber Frame: 14.6 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 30
  • C3: 0.6 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 4.4 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Robert Frost: 6.4 mi
  • John Calipari: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 11
  • Rainbow Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 1.6 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 8.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Waterfall: 21.4 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 24.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 8.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Phoenix Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kidds LookoutWNW 287°438 m8.8 mi
Bascom HillWNW 291°375 m8.0 mi
Tob HillW 267°373 m8.2 mi
Old Wolf HillWNW 296°371 m7.4 mi
Mount TomSSW 194°363 m5.5 mi
Hanging MountainW 281°361 m7.4 mi
Petticoat HillNW 305°359 m7.6 mi
Pomeroy MountainWSW 237°352 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • lesser celandine149 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel125 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk115 obs
  • Greater celandine90 obs
  • sensitive fern84 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail83 obs
  • Monarch81 obs
  • garlic mustard78 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/975434243

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