Bruver Pond
Bruver Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gazebo Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1964
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 22.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 22.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gazebo Park: 0.3 mi
- Crane Park: 0.3 mi
- Spectacle Pond: 2.2 mi
- Spectacle Pond: 2.2 mi
- Spectacle Pond: 2.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 3.7 mi
- Frank A Hyrniewicz Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Stone Fountain: 5.5 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Childrens Museum: 0.6 mi
- Childrens Museum: 0.7 mi
- Titanic Museum: 4.4 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 5.9 mi
- Springfield Armory Museum: 7.6 mi
- White Cedar Swamp: 1.1 mi
- Rice Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Old Spring Hill: 1.5 mi
- Indian Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Sunrise Peak Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Mount Chapin: 1.3 mi
- Wigwam Hill: 1.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mount Marcy: 1.6 mi
- Mount Vision: 2.1 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 7.8 mi
- Yertle Garden: 7.8 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Student Garden: 11.5 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 3.3 mi
- Horton Court: 7.8 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 7.8 mi
- The Storyteller: 7.8 mi
- The Lorax: 7.8 mi
- Goat Rock: 3.9 mi
- SSG 102: 6.0 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 7.8 mi
- Springfield Museums: 7.8 mi
- World War II Tank: 8.1 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 4.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 12.1 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 15.5 mi
- Cascade: 10.7 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 17.3 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 20.5 mi
- Cascades: 22.6 mi
- Cascades: 22.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 3.9 mi
- Titans Piazza: 14.6 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 22.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 22.7 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.5 mi
- Picnic: 19.3 mi
- Rd: 12.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.5 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Bruver Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | ESE 105° | 379 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | ESE 104° | 356 m | 9.3 mi |
| Tupper Hill | SE 125° | 352 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | ESE 123° | 347 m | 10.4 mi |
| Moss Hill | ESE 122° | 341 m | 10.8 mi |
| Peck Hill | ESE 124° | 336 m | 8.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | SSE 153° | 332 m | 9.0 mi |
| Moon Mountain | SE 129° | 330 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29908500
Day trips start here
- Hampden · 4 mi
- Ludlow · 4 mi
- Longmeadow · 9 mi
- Somers · 9 mi
- Holyoke · 11 mi
- South Hadley · 12 mi
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