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Fairfield Brook Wildlife Management Area

Fairfield Brook Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Fairfield Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Honwee Mountain stands 698 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Osceola Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 7.0 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.38074, -73.33782

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Osceola Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Lenox Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Baldhead: 1.8 mi
  • Yokun Seat: 2.1 mi
  • Cone Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Triangle Park: 3.1 mi
  • Lilac Park: 3.1 mi
  • Roche Reading Park: 3.2 mi
  • Ore Bed Park: 3.3 mi
  • Veterans Mem Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Burbank Dedication: 1.3 mi
  • Sawmill Dam: 5.7 mi
  • stone chimney: 5.8 mi
  • St. Francis: 6.5 mi
  • St. Faustina: 6.5 mi
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 25
Attractions: 13
  • concrete bases: 2.1 mi
  • balanced rock: 2.3 mi
  • concrete bases: 2.8 mi
  • stone pillar: 2.9 mi
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 9
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
  • Adams Point Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 14.6 mi
  • County Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 24.2 mi
  • Campers Beach: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 4.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Fairfield Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Honwee MountainN 10°698 m9.1 mi
Pine MountainN 7°680 m7.9 mi
Walling MountainESE 118°675 m10.4 mi
Tower MountainN 2°670 m8.1 mi
Berry MountainN 8°668 m8.5 mi
Berry HillN 6°666 m9.0 mi
Smith MountainN 1°660 m7.0 mi
Yokun SeatNE 48°645 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1719:5220:34
September equinox06:4118:1618:53
December solstice07:2015:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455664696760483828
Precip in2.72.53.13.43.84.64.23.84.54.63.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29786881

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