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Enfield

Enfield from directly overhead

Enfield is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Juckett Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1816-02-15
Abandoned
1938-04-28
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.31670, -72.36670

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Juckett Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Ram: 1.7 mi
  • East Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Quabbin Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Little Quabbin: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Winsor Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam: 7.2 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 7.2 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 7.4 mi
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 8.0 mi
Attractions
  • Timber Frame: 3.0 mi
  • War Memorial Pool: 8.7 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 9.0 mi
  • F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 9.2 mi
  • The Rock House: 9.3 mi
Parks
  • Parsons Field: 3.1 mi
  • Town Common: 3.2 mi
  • Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 3.7 mi
  • Foley Field: 4.2 mi
Museums: 48
Gardens: 31
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • Bear's Den Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Cascade: 23.6 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 24.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 16.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 17.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNW 319°375 m4.4 mi
Pine HillNNW 339°371 m5.2 mi
Ragged HillESE 102°368 m9.5 mi
Colonels MountainSE 129°362 m8.8 mi
Coys HillESE 121°356 m9.5 mi
Poverty HillENE 70°348 m9.1 mi
East HillNW 314°338 m1.9 mi
Mount NorwottockW 264°337 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:30
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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