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Ashintully Gardens

Ashintully Gardens from directly overhead

Ashintully Gardens is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 342 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the north, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is McLennan Reservation, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 4.0 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21337, -73.17361

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Kingsbury Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Hunger Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Dorman Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Baldy Mountain: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Town Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 3.1 mi
  • East Lee Park: 6.4 mi
  • South Lee Park: 7.0 mi
  • Athletic Field: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 46
  • Charcoal Hearth - 19th century: 2.2 mi
  • Chimney and foundation of old 19th century Sugar House: 2.3 mi
  • McCollum Cellar Hole: 2.3 mi
  • Old Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Old Barn Foundation: 2.4 mi
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 38
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 17
Cliffs: 13
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 8.7 mi
  • Corps Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Grotto: 11.3 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 11.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 18.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Ashintully Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainN 7°675 m6.8 mi
Becket MountainNNE 13°663 m6.3 mi
Mount WilcoxW 275°642 m4.8 mi
Bald TopN 4°624 m8.5 mi
Wadsworth HillNE 36°606 m6.5 mi
Dorman MountainNNE 18°595 m2.2 mi
Sky HillWNW 302°585 m4.3 mi
Kingsbury MountainENE 78°581 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5120:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:3916:24

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, 9 mi away.

  • northern maidenhair fern18 obs
  • Creeping Foamflower18 obs
  • Eastern Newt13 obs
  • alder buckthorn13 obs
  • American beech11 obs
  • Christmas fern11 obs
  • hobblebush11 obs
  • mountain laurel10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/29785572

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