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Honey Pot Wildlife Management Area

Honey Pot Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Honey Pot Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Babb Hill stands 465 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 6.6 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1992-10-05

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.09892, -72.81651

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Drake Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Bush Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Seymour Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Rocky Point: 2.2 mi
  • Stony Hill: 2.4 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Stanley Park: 2.2 mi
  • Apartment Complex Courtyard: 2.4 mi
  • Campus Green: 2.6 mi
  • Courtney Courtyard: 2.6 mi
  • New Hall Courtyard: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 59
  • Angel of Independence: 2.2 mi
  • The Globe: 2.6 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 3.8 mi
  • Epiphany: 4.1 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 2.3 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Arboretum: 2.4 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 37
  • state boundary marker: 6.1 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 11.1 mi
  • cellar hole: 11.2 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 11.8 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Waterfall: 4.9 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 8.5 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Corps Wall: 13.0 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 13.0 mi
  • Grotto: 13.0 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 13.0 mi
  • Acorn Face: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.5 mi
  • Rd: 10.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Honey Pot Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Babb HillW 281°465 m9.0 mi
Liberty HillW 264°448 m5.7 mi
Beech HillWNW 289°447 m8.2 mi
Sweetman MountainW 278°446 m3.8 mi
Sunset HillNW 315°446 m7.6 mi
Prospect HillWSW 251°425 m6.1 mi
Pebble HillWNW 300°424 m8.1 mi
Chestnut HillW 270°423 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29747148

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