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George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum from directly overhead

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Horton Court, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

Art museum founded in 1896 to hold the donated collection of George Walter Vincert, and Belle Townsley, Smith.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
33 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Springfield Museums
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.10383, -72.58516

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • The Puritan: 0.1 mi
  • Parsons Tavern Location: 0.2 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 0.2 mi
  • First Meeting House: 0.2 mi
  • Edward P. Boland Memorial: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Merrick Park: 0.1 mi
  • Pynchon Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bruce's Landing: 0.2 mi
  • Armoury Commons: 0.2 mi
  • Stearns Square: 0.3 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 1.9 mi
  • McCarthy Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Bradley Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Liswell Hill: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 38
  • Seymour Planetarium: 0.1 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 0.1 mi
  • World War II Tank: 3.0 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 4.6 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Cascade: 14.8 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Waterfall: 16.8 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 14
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 7.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 4.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNNW 341°363 m10.1 mi
DeadtopNNW 344°333 m10.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 118°323 m10.3 mi
Pine MountainESE 114°319 m10.2 mi
Whiting PeakNNW 345°305 m11.1 mi
Bald MountainESE 116°303 m10.5 mi
Perkins MountainESE 121°298 m10.5 mi
Mount ChapinE 82°281 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/118861659

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