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Old Spring

Old Spring from directly overhead

Old Spring is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 520 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the north-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 5.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20946, -73.21932

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bidwell Park: 2.2 mi
  • Town Park: 2.6 mi
  • South Lee Park: 5.6 mi
  • East Lee Park: 6.1 mi
  • Fountain Pond Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks
  • Cobble Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Wilcox: 2.5 mi
  • Hunger Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Round Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Sky Hill: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Old Barn Foundation: 0.1 mi
  • Chimney and foundation of old 19th century Sugar House: 0.1 mi
  • ca 1750s Cellar Hole of Rev. Adonijah Bidwell: 0.2 mi
  • Meeting House Site, 1740s-1795: 0.3 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth - 19th century: 0.4 mi
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 38
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 17
Cliffs: 13
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 6.6 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 11.8 mi
  • Corps Wall: 12.3 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 12.3 mi
  • Grotto: 12.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 17.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 13.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Old Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainNNE 24°675 m7.7 mi
Becket MountainNNE 30°663 m7.4 mi
Mount WilcoxWNW 286°642 m2.5 mi
Bald TopNNE 18°624 m9.2 mi
Wadsworth HillNE 48°606 m8.3 mi
Dorman MountainNE 52°595 m3.8 mi
Sky HillNNW 332°585 m2.9 mi
Kingsbury MountainE 81°581 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5120:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8269957798

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