Hop Brook Wildlife Management Area
Hop Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 1.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1986-12-22
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 18.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 5 mi
- Adams Overlook · 25 mi
- Vista · 26 mi
- Robinson's Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beartown Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Sky Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lauras Tower: 2.6 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.8 mi
- Beartown Mountain: 3.1 mi
- South Lee Park: 1.5 mi
- Athletic Field: 2.0 mi
- Little League Field: 2.1 mi
- East Lee Park: 2.2 mi
- Dunn Park: 2.4 mi
- Butler Seat: 3.0 mi
- Rostrum: 3.0 mi
- St. Francis: 3.3 mi
- St. John Paul II: 3.3 mi
- St. Faustina: 3.3 mi
- Procter Museum & Archives: 3.1 mi
- Naumkeag Museum: 3.6 mi
- The Mount: 4.4 mi
- Studio: 4.5 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 4.5 mi
- falls: 5.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 15.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 15.4 mi
- Glendale Falls: 15.5 mi
- Campbell Falls: 15.7 mi
- Divine Mercy: 3.2 mi
- Divine Mercy: 3.3 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 3.3 mi
- The Eleventh Station - Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross: 3.3 mi
- The Tenth Station - Jesus Is Stripped of His Garment: 3.3 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 4.5 mi
- stone pillar: 7.0 mi
- concrete bases: 7.1 mi
- balanced rock: 7.5 mi
- concrete bases: 7.7 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 4.9 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Clover Mountain: 16.2 mi
- Corps Wall: 16.7 mi
- Murdock Wall: 16.8 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 3.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.3 mi
- Flower Garden: 4.4 mi
- Heritage Garden: 4.7 mi
- Herb Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 9.0 mi
- County Beach: 11.9 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.8 mi
- Questing: 10.4 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Hop Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walling Mountain | ENE 61° | 675 m | 5.4 mi |
| Becket Mountain | ENE 69° | 663 m | 5.7 mi |
| Yokun Seat | NNW 342° | 645 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Wilcox | SSW 192° | 642 m | 3.8 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | WNW 287° | 627 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bald Top | NE 46° | 624 m | 6.3 mi |
| Wadsworth Hill | E 82° | 606 m | 7.9 mi |
| October Mountain | NNE 15° | 598 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29784841
Day trips start here
- Lee · 2 mi
- Stockbridge · 4 mi
- Lenox · 6 mi
- Monterey · 7 mi
- October Mountain State Forest · 7 mi
- Great Barrington · 8 mi
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