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Springfield Armory Museum

Springfield Armory Museum from directly overhead

Springfield Armory Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Armory Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

center for the manufacture of U.S. military firearms from 1777 until its closing in 1968

Dates from 1777.

Wikidata Q1193204, matched on coordinates and name (88 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.10727, -72.58161

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Armory Square: 0.1 mi
  • Armoury Commons: 0.2 mi
  • Kibbe Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Federal Square: 0.3 mi
  • Merrick Park: 0.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
  • The Puritan: 0.3 mi
  • Parsons Tavern Location: 0.5 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 0.5 mi
  • Edward P. Boland Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • First Meeting House: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Abbey Brook Extension: 1.7 mi
  • Abbey Brook: 2.0 mi
  • Good Shepherds Brook: 2.2 mi
  • Land Along Connecticut R.: 2.5 mi
  • Land Along Connecticut R.: 2.6 mi
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 2.1 mi
  • McCarthy Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Bradley Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Liswell Hill: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Seymour Planetarium: 0.3 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 0.3 mi
  • World War II Tank: 2.8 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 4.9 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Cascade: 14.8 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 14
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 7.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 2.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 4.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Springfield Armory Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNNW 340°363 m9.9 mi
DeadtopNNW 342°333 m10.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 120°323 m10.3 mi
Pine MountainESE 116°319 m10.2 mi
Whiting PeakNNW 344°305 m11.0 mi
Bald MountainESE 118°303 m10.4 mi
Perkins MountainESE 123°298 m10.5 mi
Wood HillE 95°289 m11.4 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 °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/118871471

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