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Old Firehouse Museum

Old Firehouse Museum from directly overhead

Old Firehouse Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Bungy Mountain stands 405 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is South Hadley Canal, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
32 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21587, -72.59906

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • South Hadley Canal: 0.0 mi
  • General Tadeusz Kosciuszko: 0.5 mi
  • Gold Star Mothers Monument: 0.5 mi
  • Vietnam Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Hadley Falls Canal Park: 0.1 mi
  • Texon Mill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lower Riverside Park: 0.1 mi
  • Gatehouse Park: 0.1 mi
  • Beachgrounds Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Crafts Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Cedar Knob: 2.3 mi
  • Little Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Tom: 3.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.1 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Student Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Phoenix Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Rock Garden: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 0.9 mi
  • World War II Tank: 4.8 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 7.7 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 7.7 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Lady Liberty: 0.7 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 4.9 mi
  • C3: 7.7 mi
  • Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 7.7 mi
  • The Lorax: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Waterfall: 18.0 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Cascade: 20.8 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 3.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 5.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Old Firehouse Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bungy MountainW 274°405 m10.7 mi
Mount TomNW 305°363 m3.1 mi
Pomeroy MountainWNW 292°352 m8.2 mi
Mount NorwottockNE 36°337 m7.7 mi
DeadtopNW 318°333 m3.5 mi
Lizzie MountainW 271°330 m9.9 mi
Mud HillWNW 291°324 m9.4 mi
Ball MountainW 262°310 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3716:22

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/216049374

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