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Rausch Mineral Gallery

Rausch Mineral Gallery from directly overhead

Rausch Mineral Gallery is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Permaculture Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Umass Amherst Department of Geosciences
Fee
No
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.39008, -72.52444

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Metawampe Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • Library Courtyard: 0.2 mi
  • Haigis Mall: 0.3 mi
  • Stockbridge Park: 0.3 mi
  • Orchard Hill Bowl: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Chapel: 0.2 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 0.6 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pulpit Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Flat Hills: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Warner: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Boreas: 2.8 mi
  • Poverty Mountain: 3.0 mi
Museums: 55
Attractions: 40
  • War Memorial Pool: 0.9 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.6 mi
  • Timber Frame: 12.1 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 13.5 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 13.6 mi
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
  • Roaring Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 7.8 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 9.7 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 12.7 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 7.3 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Bear's Den Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 15.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Rausch Mineral Gallery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TobyN 354°386 m6.8 mi
Brushy MountainNNE 26°380 m6.4 mi
Mount LincolnESE 109°375 m5.5 mi
Pine HillE 92°371 m6.2 mi
Morse HillNNE 29°366 m8.3 mi
Roaring MountainN 358°356 m6.5 mi
East HillESE 119°338 m7.7 mi
Mount NorwottockS 173°337 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6353414140

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