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Goose Pond Reservation

Goose Pond Reservation from directly overhead

Goose Pond Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 482 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the northeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cr #5, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1986
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.28912, -73.18859

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • East Lee Park: 1.9 mi
  • Abbey Court Park: 2.9 mi
  • Athletic Field: 3.0 mi
  • Town Park: 3.2 mi
  • Little League Field: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Walling Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Becket Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Baldy Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Cobble Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Dorman Mountain: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 46
  • McCollum Cellar Hole: 5.4 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth - 19th century: 5.4 mi
  • stone chimney: 5.5 mi
  • Chimney and foundation of old 19th century Sugar House: 5.7 mi
  • Old Spring: 5.7 mi
Museums: 34
Waterfalls: 33
Artworks: 26
Gardens: 16
  • Walled Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Flower Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 5.8 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 13
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 8.2 mi
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 8.3 mi
  • Corps Wall: 16.3 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 16.3 mi
  • Grotto: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 5.8 mi
  • County Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Adams Point Beach: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 14.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Goose Pond Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainNE 46°675 m2.2 mi
Becket MountainENE 68°663 m2.4 mi
Yokun SeatNW 322°645 m9.8 mi
Mount WilcoxSW 219°642 m6.3 mi
Warner HillNNE 12°627 m9.1 mi
Bald TopNNE 23°624 m3.5 mi
Pelton HillENE 57°609 m10.1 mi
Wadsworth HillE 90°606 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5120:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • hobblebush23 obs
  • Eastern Newt22 obs
  • mountain laurel14 obs
  • Ghost Pipe14 obs
  • purple-flowered raspberry13 obs
  • red trillium12 obs
  • bluebead lily12 obs
  • partridgeberry10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29784962

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