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Community Field

Community Field from directly overhead

Community Field is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Cub Hill stands 424 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Crafts Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 11 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.20833, -72.63927

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Crafts Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Mount Tom: 2.4 mi
  • Cedar Knob: 2.4 mi
  • Little Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Whiteloaf Mountain: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • Anniversary Field: 0.4 mi
  • Community Field: 0.4 mi
  • Wyatt Harper Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rohan Park: 0.6 mi
  • Crosier Field: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 0.9 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Vietnam Memorial: 1.6 mi
Museums
Gardens: 39
  • Student Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 7.2 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 28
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 1.6 mi
  • World War II Tank: 5.0 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 7.7 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 7.7 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Waterfall: 16.0 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 13
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 1.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 1.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 1.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Community Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cub HillNW 306°424 m10.0 mi
Bungy MountainW 278°405 m8.7 mi
Fisher HillWNW 299°400 m9.9 mi
Tob HillNW 315°373 m10.4 mi
Breakneck HillWNW 294°372 m9.7 mi
Mount TomN 349°363 m2.4 mi
Pomeroy MountainWNW 303°352 m6.6 mi
Shatterack MountainW 265°347 m10.3 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856523

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