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Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial

Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial from directly overhead

Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
On July 9, 1946 at 10:30 PM a B-17 "Flying-Fortress" bringing twenty-five servicemen home crashed at this site. No one survived....
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24586, -72.64289

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Tom: 0.4 mi
  • Deadtop: 0.5 mi
  • Little Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Cedar Knob: 0.8 mi
  • Whiting Peak: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Nonotuck Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kenney Fields: 1.5 mi
  • Kenny Park: 1.6 mi
  • Daley Field: 1.7 mi
  • Jones Point Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Eyrie House: 2.6 mi
  • Erie Ruins: 2.6 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • South Hadley Canal: 3.1 mi
Museums: 60
Gardens: 40
  • Student Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 5.0 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Guild Art Supply: 1.9 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 3.1 mi
  • C3: 5.4 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 29
Waterfalls: 17
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Waterfall: 17.2 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 11
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 3.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahWNW 300°468 m9.8 mi
Spruce HillWNW 298°438 m9.1 mi
Cub HillWNW 293°424 m8.6 mi
Bungy MountainW 261°405 m8.6 mi
Fisher HillWNW 284°400 m8.8 mi
Tob HillWNW 303°373 m8.6 mi
Breakneck HillW 278°372 m8.8 mi
Mount TomSW 223°363 m0.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9409532507

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