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Hop Brook Wildlife Management Area

Hop Brook Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hop Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the northeast, 5.4 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 2.1 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1989

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26543, -73.24355

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Beartown Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Sky Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Cobble Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Lauras Tower: 3.0 mi
  • Beartown Mountain: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • South Lee Park: 2.0 mi
  • Athletic Field: 2.5 mi
  • East Lee Park: 2.5 mi
  • Town Park: 2.5 mi
  • Little League Field: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 35
Waterfalls: 32
  • falls: 6.1 mi
  • Campbell Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 5.1 mi
  • stone pillar: 7.6 mi
  • concrete bases: 7.6 mi
  • balanced rock: 8.1 mi
  • Orchard City Millage Sign: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 5.1 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 7.8 mi
  • Corps Wall: 16.2 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 16.2 mi
  • Grotto: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 3
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 8.8 mi
  • County Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Adams Point Beach: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 13.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainNE 54°675 m5.4 mi
Becket MountainENE 63°663 m5.6 mi
Yokun SeatNNW 341°645 m9.9 mi
Mount WilcoxSSW 200°642 m3.4 mi
Harvey MountainWNW 290°627 m9.8 mi
Bald TopNE 40°624 m6.4 mi
Wadsworth HillENE 78°606 m7.6 mi
October MountainNNE 11°598 m7.3 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29785085

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