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Frank Stanley Beveridge Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary

Frank Stanley Beveridge Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Frank Stanley Beveridge Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Dug Hill stands 486 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanley Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 5.7 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1963-12-24

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12178, -72.79585

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stanley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Apartment Complex Courtyard: 0.7 mi
  • New Hall Courtyard: 0.7 mi
  • Courtney Courtyard: 0.7 mi
  • Campus Green: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Bush Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pochassic Hills: 1.9 mi
  • Westfield Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Drake Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Stony Hill: 2.6 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 0.5 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Arboretum: 0.7 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 0.8 mi
Artworks: 38
  • Angel of Independence: 0.5 mi
  • The Globe: 0.7 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 2.5 mi
  • Epiphany: 2.6 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Waterfall: 6.2 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 10.4 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 31
  • state boundary marker: 8.0 mi
  • World War II Tank: 10.7 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 10.8 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 10.8 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Corps Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Grotto: 14.3 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 14.3 mi
  • Acorn Face: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Babbs Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Thompsonville Boat Launch: 13.0 mi
  • County Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 15.9 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 16.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.7 mi
  • Rd: 8.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Frank Stanley Beveridge Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dug HillNW 309°486 m9.5 mi
Liberty HillWSW 252°448 m7.1 mi
Beech HillW 277°447 m8.9 mi
Sweetman MountainWSW 258°446 m4.9 mi
Sunset HillWNW 300°446 m7.5 mi
Prospect HillWSW 242°425 m7.7 mi
Pebble HillWNW 287°424 m8.4 mi
Chestnut HillW 260°423 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 2 mi away.

  • Canada Goose37 obs
  • eastern hemlock36 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel35 obs
  • Mallard34 obs
  • Greylag Goose25 obs
  • mountain laurel23 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage19 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle17 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29748183

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