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Farmington River Wildlife Management Area

Farmington River Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Farmington River Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 402 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the north-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 1.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.22956, -73.11150

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Kingsbury Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • The Pinacle: 2.6 mi
  • Dorman Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Church Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Filley Mountain: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • Town Park: 4.8 mi
  • Becket Historic Quarry and Forest trailhead: 4.9 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 6.3 mi
  • Hampden Street Park: 7.3 mi
  • School Street Park: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 53
  • Charcoal Hearth - 19th century: 5.4 mi
  • McCollum Cellar Hole: 5.5 mi
  • Chimney and foundation of old 19th century Sugar House: 5.6 mi
  • Old Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Old Barn Foundation: 5.7 mi
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 37
  • falls: 9.4 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Marguerite Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Waterfall: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 28
Gardens: 21
  • Heritage Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 5.7 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 5.7 mi
  • Walled Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Flower Garden: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 13
  • Corps Wall: 11.1 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Grotto: 11.2 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 11.2 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 11.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 20.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainNNW 337°675 m6.1 mi
Becket MountainNNW 341°663 m5.3 mi
Mount WilcoxW 265°642 m7.9 mi
Bald TopNNW 341°624 m7.8 mi
Wadsworth HillN 9°606 m4.2 mi
Dorman MountainWNW 291°595 m2.7 mi
Sky HillW 279°585 m6.9 mi
Kingsbury MountainWSW 244°581 m1.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5020:33
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29748436

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