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Stone Fountain

Stone Fountain from directly overhead

Stone Fountain is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hryniewicz Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17910, -72.36656

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hryniewicz Park: 0.0 mi
  • Lavoilette Field: 0.3 mi
  • Pulaski Park: 0.3 mi
  • Three Rivers Well Field: 0.8 mi
  • Chase Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Baptist Hill: 0.6 mi
  • New View: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Dumplin: 1.4 mi
  • Kings Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Bald Peak: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • SSG 102: 2.5 mi
  • Timber Frame: 6.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.8 mi
  • Goat Rock: 8.8 mi
Museums: 57
Gardens: 42
Artworks: 30
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.8 mi
  • Picnic: 18.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 14.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade: 14.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Stone Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahSE 137°379 m9.6 mi
Steerage RockESE 109°367 m7.7 mi
Colonels MountainENE 60°362 m7.9 mi
Mount HitchcockSE 140°356 m8.5 mi
Coys HillENE 60°356 m9.3 mi
Tower HillE 101°336 m8.7 mi
Peck HillSSE 160°336 m9.3 mi
Marks MountainENE 75°331 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5259259903

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