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Connecticut River Greenway State Park

Connecticut River Greenway State Park from directly overhead

Connecticut River Greenway State Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Massamet Mountain stands 485 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 1.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.58372, -72.58534

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Temple Woods: 0.2 mi
  • Highland Park: 0.3 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Park: 0.5 mi
  • Beacon Field: 0.8 mi
  • Veterans Mall: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 60
  • Poet's Seat Tower: 0.8 mi
  • Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 11.3 mi
  • New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 11.8 mi
  • Mill River Dam: 12.7 mi
  • Site of the Williamsburg Reservoir Dam: 12.8 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 26
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 0.9 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 2.7 mi
  • rock overhang: 7.5 mi
  • hole in wall: 7.6 mi
  • Wolves Den: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 22
Cliffs: 22
Artworks: 16
Waterfalls: 11
  • Hobo Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 12.1 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Connecticut River Greenway State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Massamet MountainWNW 283°485 m6.9 mi
Dry HillESE 115°423 m6.6 mi
Patten HillWNW 295°418 m7.4 mi
Massaemett MountainWNW 290°417 m7.1 mi
Mount TobySSE 160°386 m7.0 mi
Colrain MountainNW 316°374 m7.4 mi
West MountainN 6°366 m6.7 mi
Roaring MountainSSE 157°356 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:03
June solstice05:1419:4920:32
September equinox06:3818:1218:50
December solstice07:1815:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766716962513930
Precip in3.53.13.93.84.04.84.14.74.24.73.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29907299

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