Cedar Swamp
Cedar Swamp is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 251 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Property, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 30.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mitchell Property: 0.4 mi
- Miller Forest Tract: 2.8 mi
- Miller Forest Tract: 2.8 mi
- Myra Moulton Museum: 2.9 mi
- Temple Brook Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Peck Hill: 0.5 mi
- Moulton Hill: 1.2 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Tupper Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.5 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 2.9 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 7.1 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Childrens Museum: 7.7 mi
- Childrens Museum: 7.8 mi
- Flynt Park: 3.3 mi
- Staffordville Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 5.2 mi
- Town Hall Park: 5.3 mi
- Furnace Hollow Square Park: 5.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 8.0 mi
- Frank A Hyrniewicz Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Stone Fountain: 8.9 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 10.5 mi
- Eli's Rock: 10.8 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Small House Garden: 10.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 10.9 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 13.8 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 11.0 mi
- The Three Graces: 14.4 mi
- Motion: 14.8 mi
- Horton Court: 14.9 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 14.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 4.9 mi
- Streeter Beach: 9.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.6 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 11.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.1 mi
- Cascade: 6.4 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 15.2 mi
- Codfish Falls: 16.7 mi
- Cascades: 17.2 mi
- Cascades: 17.2 mi
- Indian Leap: 11.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 18.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 19.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 20.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Enfield: 18.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 19.4 mi
- Greenwich: 20.7 mi
- Prescott: 23.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.2 mi
- Rd: 20.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.6 mi
- Picnic: 11.5 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Cedar Swamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | ESE 122° | 396 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | ENE 69° | 379 m | 3.4 mi |
| Stickney Hill | SE 128° | 371 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | SE 138° | 371 m | 8.0 mi |
| Steerage Rock | NE 34° | 367 m | 6.9 mi |
| Snow Hill | SSE 148° | 362 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NE 50° | 356 m | 2.7 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | SSE 149° | 354 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29673583
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