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Columbia Greenway Rail Trail

Columbia Greenway Rail Trail from directly overhead

Columbia Greenway Rail Trail is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west, 9.4 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 9.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Westfield Parks and Recreation Department
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.08968, -72.74398

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Amelia's Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Elizabeth Parker Park: 1.8 mi
  • Cross Street Playground: 1.9 mi
  • General Shepard Park: 2.1 mi
  • White Street Pocket Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Heroes of Westfield: 1.9 mi
  • Epiphany: 2.6 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 2.7 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 3.1 mi
  • The Globe: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 57
  • Providence Arboretum: 2.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Grandmothers' Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Arboretum: 3.1 mi
Attractions: 39
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.4 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 8.1 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 8.2 mi
  • World War II Tank: 8.9 mi
  • state boundary marker: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Lost Acres Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Waterfall: 8.6 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 11.0 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Enders Falls: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 10
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.5 mi
  • Rd: 8.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Columbia Greenway Rail Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillW 270°448 m9.4 mi
Sweetman MountainW 279°446 m7.5 mi
Holden HillW 274°412 m7.8 mi
Birch HillWNW 303°407 m9.1 mi
Winchell MountainWSW 255°403 m8.4 mi
Tarrot HillNW 308°383 m9.5 mi
Tillotson HillWNW 297°373 m9.3 mi
South MountainWSW 245°357 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29906233

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