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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 255 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil’s Pulpit, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 5.5 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2001

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24595, -73.32296

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Peeskawso Peak: 0.9 mi
  • Three Mile Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Evergreen Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Beartown Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Flag Rock: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Fountain Pond Park: 0.9 mi
  • Recreation Park: 2.3 mi
  • Housatonic Common: 2.3 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 2.5 mi
  • Old Maids Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 41
  • Butler Seat: 2.4 mi
  • Rostrum: 2.4 mi
  • St. John Paul II: 3.0 mi
  • St. Faustina: 3.0 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.1 mi
Museums: 36
Waterfalls: 30
Attractions: 14
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 0.8 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 8.3 mi
  • Clover Mountain: 17.2 mi
  • Corps Wall: 17.8 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Adams Point Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 13.1 mi
  • County Beach: 14.6 mi
  • East Beach: 22.2 mi
  • West Beach: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 13.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainENE 62°675 m9.5 mi
Becket MountainENE 67°663 m9.8 mi
Mount WilcoxESE 122°642 m3.4 mi
Harvey MountainNW 312°627 m7.0 mi
October MountainNNE 33°598 m10.1 mi
Pinnacle PointNW 306°595 m7.6 mi
Dorman MountainE 91°595 m8.3 mi
Tom Ball MountainWNW 292°588 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1819:5120:34
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29785045

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