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Dinosaur Footprints

Dinosaur Footprints from directly overhead

Dinosaur Footprints is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Cub Hill stands 424 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Newton Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Trustees of Reservations
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24234, -72.62287

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Cedar Knob: 0.3 mi
  • Little Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Tom: 1.3 mi
  • Deadtop: 1.3 mi
  • Whiting Peak: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Jones Point Park: 1.2 mi
  • Park Z1: 1.3 mi
  • Park Z2: 1.3 mi
  • Kenney Fields: 1.4 mi
  • Kenny Park: 1.5 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 40
  • Student Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 5.0 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Phoenix Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.3 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Lady Liberty: 2.5 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 2.8 mi
  • C3: 5.7 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 9.7 mi
Attractions: 29
Waterfalls: 17
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Waterfall: 17.9 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 3.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Dinosaur Footprints. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cub HillWNW 292°424 m9.6 mi
Bungy MountainW 264°405 m9.6 mi
Fisher HillWNW 284°400 m9.9 mi
Tob HillWNW 301°373 m9.6 mi
Breakneck HillW 279°372 m9.8 mi
Mount TomW 268°363 m1.3 mi
Hanging MountainNW 313°361 m9.9 mi
Pomeroy MountainW 281°352 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Newt69 obs
  • mountain laurel45 obs
  • staghorn sumac33 obs
  • Christmas fern32 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum32 obs
  • striped wintergreen32 obs
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander31 obs
  • red columbine31 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/29856038

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