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Boruchowski Parcel

Boruchowski Parcel from directly overhead

Boruchowski Parcel is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2000-04-10
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.23609, -72.65950

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Tom: 0.7 mi
  • Deadtop: 1.4 mi
  • Cedar Knob: 1.6 mi
  • Little Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Crafts Hill: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 2.3 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Vietnam Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Nonotuck Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kenney Fields: 1.5 mi
  • Kenny Park: 1.5 mi
  • Daley Field: 1.7 mi
  • John Bator Park: 2.0 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 39
  • Student Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 5.8 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Guild Art Supply: 2.1 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 3.2 mi
  • C3: 6.3 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 8.7 mi
  • Epiphany: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 20
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Waterfall: 16.2 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 11
Springs: 3
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 2.9 mi
  • Rd: 2.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 2.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Boruchowski Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahNW 306°468 m9.4 mi
Spruce HillNW 304°438 m8.7 mi
Cub HillWNW 300°424 m8.1 mi
Bungy MountainW 265°405 m7.6 mi
Fisher HillWNW 291°400 m8.2 mi
Tob HillNW 311°373 m8.3 mi
Breakneck HillWNW 284°372 m8.1 mi
Mount TomNE 56°363 m0.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3716:22

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29908455

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