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Hardwood Hill

Hardwood Hill from directly overhead

Hardwood Hill is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hallahan Acq., a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1974
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.14608, -72.47120

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Library Park: 1.0 mi
  • Dr. Stusick Square: 1.0 mi
  • Whitney St. Park: 1.3 mi
  • North Branch Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Minechoag Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Marcy: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Chapin: 3.6 mi
  • Wigwam Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Jefferson Peak: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 45
Gardens: 43
Artworks: 32
Beaches: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • Cascade: 13.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 22.3 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Waterfall: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 5.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic: 21.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 9.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Hardwood Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNW 306°363 m11.2 mi
Mount NorwottockN 350°337 m11.2 mi
Peck HillSE 127°336 m10.7 mi
Moon MountainSE 131°330 m7.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSE 157°323 m8.5 mi
Bald MountainSSE 164°322 m11.1 mi
Pine MountainSSE 154°319 m7.9 mi
Pattaquattic HillENE 61°317 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29906159

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