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Indian Ridge

Indian Ridge from directly overhead

Indian Ridge is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1988
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.12670, -72.40264

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Marcy: 0.3 mi
  • Mount Chapin: 0.5 mi
  • Wigwam Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Vision: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • Crane Park: 1.5 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 1.5 mi
  • Knox Trail Park: 2.3 mi
  • Spectacle Pond: 2.4 mi
  • Spectacle Pond: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 47
Artworks: 47
Beaches: 15
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade: 10.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 21.4 mi
  • Cascades: 22.6 mi
  • Cascades: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic: 18.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 13.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Indian Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahESE 112°379 m9.1 mi
Steerage RockE 83°367 m9.2 mi
Mount HitchcockESE 111°356 m7.9 mi
Tupper HillSE 134°352 m9.4 mi
Bear HillSE 132°347 m9.4 mi
Moss HillSE 130°341 m9.8 mi
Peck HillSE 135°336 m7.2 mi
Chestnut HillSSE 164°332 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3616:21

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/29915239

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