- Elevation, modelled
- 51 m
- Tallest summit within 8.4 miles
- Battlecock Hill442 m · 8.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Route 112 Scenic Byway11.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3185, -72.6396
Rock Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled 51 m. Battlecock Hill stands 442 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Systematics Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Rock Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlecock Hill | WNW 304° | 442 m | 8.2 mi |
| Kidds Lookout | WNW 290° | 438 m | 8.0 mi |
| Spruce Hill | W 265° | 438 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cub Hill | WSW 258° | 424 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bascom Hill | WNW 294° | 375 m | 7.2 mi |
| Tob Hill | W 268° | 373 m | 7.3 mi |
| Old Wolf Hill | WNW 300° | 371 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Tom | S 185° | 363 m | 5.3 mi |
- 11.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 13.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 18.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MANational
- 23.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 3 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 20 mi
- view to west · 21 mi
- Waterfall · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith College Athletic Fields: 0.2 mi
- Pulaski Park: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Field: 0.3 mi
- Northampton State Hospital Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Beech Tree Park: 0.5 mi
- Round Hill: 0.4 mi
- Baker Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Nonotuck: 2.8 mi
- Mount Holyoke: 2.9 mi
- Dry Knoll: 2.9 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 0.6 mi
- Erie Ruins: 2.8 mi
- Eyrie House: 2.8 mi
- Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 5.4 mi
- Mary Brown's Dingle: 0.6 mi
- Dgcr: 0.7 mi
- Barrett St. Marsh: 0.9 mi
- Mill River Greenway: 1.1 mi
- Lathrop Community Conservation: 1.7 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- Historic Northampton: 0.7 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 3.1 mi
- Hatfield Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 5.2 mi
- Systematics Garden: 0.0 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 0.0 mi
- Capen Garden: 0.3 mi
- Northampton Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 0.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 7.6 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 8.0 mi
- World War II Tank: 12.1 mi
- Springfield Museums: 15.0 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 15.1 mi
- C3: 0.6 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 3.9 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 5.5 mi
- Robert Frost: 7.2 mi
- John Calipari: 7.3 mi
- Titans Piazza: 2.8 mi
- Roaring Falls: 13.3 mi
- Indian Leap: 13.4 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 16.4 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 19.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.4 mi
- David Musante Beach: 4.2 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 9.2 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 9.2 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 15.4 mi
- Glendale Falls: 16.8 mi
- Waterfall: 20.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 22.2 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 24.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.6 mi
- Rd: 8.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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, 7 mi away.
- lesser celandine159 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel125 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk111 obs
- Greater celandine89 obs
- Monarch88 obs
- Eastern Cottontail87 obs
- yellow trout lily83 obs
- American Robin77 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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- Pioneer Valley · 2 mi
- Hadley · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 5 mi
- Amherst · 7 mi
- Holyoke · 8 mi
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