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Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area

Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Evergreen Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 4.8 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26072, -73.32106

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Evergreen Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Lauras Tower: 1.2 mi
  • Peeskawso Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Beartown Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Flag Rock: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Recreation Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 1.5 mi
  • Fountain Pond Park: 1.8 mi
  • Housatonic Common: 2.4 mi
  • South Lee Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 43
  • Butler Seat: 1.5 mi
  • Rostrum: 1.5 mi
  • St. John Paul II: 2.0 mi
  • St. Faustina: 2.0 mi
  • St. Francis: 2.0 mi
Museums: 36
Waterfalls: 28
Attractions: 15
  • Orchard City Millage Sign: 5.0 mi
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 5.4 mi
  • concrete bases: 7.9 mi
  • stone pillar: 7.9 mi
  • balanced rock: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 1.4 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 7.3 mi
  • Clover Mountain: 16.1 mi
  • Corps Wall: 18.4 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 18.5 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Adams Point Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 12.7 mi
  • County Beach: 14.8 mi
  • East Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 12.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainENE 67°675 m9.0 mi
Becket MountainENE 72°663 m9.4 mi
Yokun SeatN 4°645 m9.8 mi
Mount WilcoxSE 136°642 m4.0 mi
Harvey MountainNW 304°627 m6.4 mi
Bald TopENE 57°624 m9.7 mi
October MountainNE 36°598 m9.2 mi
Pinnacle PointWNW 299°595 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1819:5120:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2015:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29786373

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