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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 15 m. Drake Mountain stands 350 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1993
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.04671, -72.60143

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Borgatti Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bay Path Ryan Field: 0.8 mi
  • Town Green: 1.0 mi
  • Williams Street Playground: 1.2 mi
  • St. John's Field: 1.2 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 2.3 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 3.4 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 3.8 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 3.8 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 42
  • New England Sky Screamer: 0.8 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 4.1 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 4.1 mi
  • World War II Tank: 6.9 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 13.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Enders Falls: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 11
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 10.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 0.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 6.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Connecticut River Greenway State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Drake MountainWNW 288°350 m12.8 mi
Moon MountainE 82°330 m12.5 mi
Sodom MountainW 274°326 m12.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 95°323 m10.0 mi
Bald MountainESE 111°322 m10.5 mi
Pine MountainE 91°319 m10.2 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 122°315 m11.4 mi
Bald MountainE 94°303 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose59 obs
  • Mallard57 obs
  • Wood Duck56 obs
  • Mute Swan52 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird49 obs
  • Great Blue Heron46 obs
  • wild geranium34 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage32 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29906917

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