Old Chapel
Old Chapel is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Library Courtyard, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 13 miles off.
The story
Dates from 1885.
Wikidata Q12064727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 14.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 16.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 7 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 16 mi
- view to west · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Library Courtyard: 0.0 mi
- Metawampe Lawn: 0.2 mi
- Haigis Mall: 0.2 mi
- Stockbridge Park: 0.2 mi
- Engineering Quad: 0.3 mi
- Pulpit Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Warner: 2.3 mi
- Flat Hills: 2.6 mi
- Mount Boreas: 3.0 mi
- Mount Castor: 3.0 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 0.8 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.2 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 2.6 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 2.6 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.1 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 0.9 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 1.1 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 1.4 mi
- Gulliver Meadow Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Wildwood Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- North Maple Street Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
- Hart Farm: 1.3 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 0.1 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 0.3 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 1.8 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 0.9 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 12.2 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 13.4 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 13.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 0.0 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 0.1 mi
- Quinnipiac: 0.1 mi
- Metawampe: 0.1 mi
- Marcus Camby: 0.3 mi
- Roaring Falls: 7.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 7.6 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 9.8 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 12.8 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 14.6 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 2.0 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 7.1 mi
- David Musante Beach: 9.5 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 14.7 mi
- Hobo Falls: 19.7 mi
- Glendale Falls: 22.5 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.6 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 24.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Old Chapel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Toby | N 356° | 386 m | 6.9 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 27° | 380 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | ESE 108° | 375 m | 5.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | E 91° | 371 m | 6.3 mi |
| Morse Hill | NNE 30° | 366 m | 8.4 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 360° | 356 m | 6.6 mi |
| East Hill | ESE 118° | 338 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | S 171° | 337 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/147156753
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 1 mi
- Hadley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 7 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 7 mi
- South Hadley · 9 mi
- Deerfield · 11 mi
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