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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

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
Museums: 59
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
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
Nature reserves
Gardens: 36
  • 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: 28
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 11
Waterfalls: 8
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 22.0 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
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 10.1 miles of Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahWNW468 m9.8 mi
Spruce HillWNW438 m9.1 mi
Cub HillWNW424 m8.6 mi
Bungy MountainW405 m8.6 mi
Fisher HillWNW400 m8.8 mi
Tob HillWNW373 m8.6 mi
Breakneck HillW372 m8.8 mi
Mount TomSW363 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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