Broad Meadows
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Broad Meadows is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Hill, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 4.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1995
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 17.9 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 8 mi
- Adams Overlook · 25 mi
- Vista · 25 mi
- Robinson's Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Hill: 0.3 mi
- Upper Bowker's Woods: 0.9 mi
- Stockbridge Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- Interlacken Common: 1.2 mi
- Kampoosa Fen Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Interlaken Park: 1.1 mi
- Recreation Park: 1.6 mi
- Bidwell Park: 1.7 mi
- Dunn Park: 2.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.6 mi
- Monument Mountain: 2.2 mi
- West Stockbridge Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lauras Tower: 2.3 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 2.6 mi
- St. Faustina: 1.1 mi
- St. John Paul II: 1.1 mi
- St. Francis: 1.1 mi
- Rostrum: 1.6 mi
- Butler Seat: 1.7 mi
- Studio: 0.8 mi
- Naumkeag Museum: 0.9 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 0.9 mi
- Procter Museum & Archives: 1.5 mi
- Chesterwood: 1.6 mi
- falls: 7.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 15.3 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 15.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 15.3 mi
- High Falls Waterfall: 16.9 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 3.3 mi
- concrete bases: 5.4 mi
- stone pillar: 5.5 mi
- balanced rock: 5.6 mi
- concrete bases: 5.8 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 3.7 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Clover Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Corps Wall: 20.6 mi
- Murdock Wall: 20.6 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 0.4 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 0.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
- Flower Garden: 3.3 mi
- Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 8.9 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 12.8 mi
- County Beach: 16.3 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 23.3 mi
- East Beach: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.4 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 9.7 mi
- Questing: 12.8 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Broad Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walling Mountain | E 85° | 675 m | 8.7 mi |
| Becket Mountain | E 89° | 663 m | 9.3 mi |
| Yokun Seat | N 9° | 645 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Wilcox | SSE 150° | 642 m | 6.3 mi |
| Perry Peak | NNW 343° | 631 m | 8.8 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | W 281° | 627 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bald Top | ENE 73° | 624 m | 8.8 mi |
| October Mountain | NE 50° | 598 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29687447
Day trips start here
- Stockbridge · 1 mi
- Lee · 4 mi
- Lenox · 5 mi
- Great Barrington · 7 mi
- October Mountain State Forest · 9 mi
- Monterey · 10 mi
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