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Lake Wyola State Park

Lake Wyola State Park from directly overhead

Lake Wyola State Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north-northwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Wyola Dam, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 5.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.50474, -72.43456

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Ames Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Morse Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Mineral: 1.3 mi
  • Beech Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Locks Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Town Common: 3.6 mi
  • Town Common: 3.6 mi
  • Millers Falls Riverfront Public Access: 6.0 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 6.7 mi
  • Sunderland Town Park: 7.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 8.5 mi
  • Hazel's Park: 8.7 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 8.9 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 8.9 mi
  • South Athol WWI Honor Roll: 8.9 mi
Museums: 42
Attractions: 36
  • Path Continues: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.5 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 24
Cliffs: 22
  • Pigpen Ledges: 3.3 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 4.5 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 4.5 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
Artworks: 18
Beaches: 13
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear's Den Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 24.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Lake Wyola State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry HillNNW 328°423 m3.2 mi
Orcutt HillNE 56°394 m3.3 mi
Bear MountainN 5°389 m5.7 mi
Packard MountainSE 126°386 m5.1 mi
Mount TobyWSW 258°386 m5.4 mi
Poor Farm HillE 90°384 m4.6 mi
Brushy MountainSW 220°380 m2.8 mi
Locks HillENE 58°372 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1319:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212334465867727062503828
Precip in3.43.03.73.73.84.64.54.74.74.93.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel42 obs
  • Virginia meadowbeauty41 obs
  • trailing arbutus38 obs
  • Ghost Pipe37 obs
  • leatherleaf36 obs
  • Eastern Newt35 obs
  • sheep laurel31 obs
  • American Cranberry31 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/921812780

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