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Loading Platform

Loading Platform from directly overhead

Loading Platform is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Garnet Hill stands 663 m to the north-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Derrick, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.27998, -72.97716

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Riverside Park: 0.1 mi
  • School Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hampden Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Becket Historic Quarry and Forest trailhead: 3.0 mi
  • Pettis Field: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Abbott Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Gobble Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Fays Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Round Top Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Gobble: 2.4 mi
Artworks: 52
  • The Globe: 13.8 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 14.7 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 15.7 mi
  • Epiphany: 15.8 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Heritage Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 13.3 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 13.3 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 4.9 mi
  • falls: 12.5 mi
  • Waterfall: 13.1 mi
  • Marguerite Falls: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 25
Cliffs: 13
  • Corps Wall: 15.1 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 15.1 mi
  • Grotto: 15.1 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 15.2 mi
  • Acorn Face: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 5.2 mi
  • County Beach: 7.7 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 19.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 17.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.5 mi
  • Rd: 17.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garnet HillNNW 339°663 m8.6 mi
Becket MountainW 280°663 m8.8 mi
Pelton HillNNW 339°609 m6.6 mi
Wadsworth HillW 276°606 m6.2 mi
Kingsbury MountainWSW 243°581 m9.5 mi
Church HillSW 225°565 m6.0 mi
Eames HillNW 319°556 m9.3 mi
Round Top HillSSW 195°538 m1.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:5020:33
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445563686659483728
Precip in4.03.64.24.34.25.14.64.54.85.64.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12913400802

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