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Longmeadow Historical Society

Longmeadow Historical Society from directly overhead

Longmeadow Historical Society is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Williams Street Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dates from 1644.

Wikidata Q2302488, matched on coordinates and name (233 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.05193, -72.58149

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Williams Street Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Town Green: 0.2 mi
  • East Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bay Path Ryan Field: 0.4 mi
  • Laurel Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 1.7 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 3.4 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 3.4 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 3.5 mi
  • Horton Court: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Museums
Attractions: 38
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 12.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 10.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Longmeadow Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillESE 106°332 m12.1 mi
Moon MountainE 83°330 m11.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 98°323 m9.0 mi
Bald MountainESE 115°322 m9.7 mi
Pine MountainE 94°319 m9.2 mi
Soapstone MountainSE 127°315 m10.8 mi
Bald MountainE 96°303 m9.3 mi
Perkins MountainESE 102°298 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/215141474

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