Leaping Well North
Leaping Well North is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the west, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickinson Backyard, a park 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 14.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 24.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 4 mi
- Waterfall · 26 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 26 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dickinson Backyard: 0.6 mi
- Abbey Green: 0.6 mi
- Woodlawn Field: 0.6 mi
- Creighton Lawn: 0.6 mi
- Skinner Green: 0.7 mi
- Warner Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Titus Pond: 0.8 mi
- Stony Brook Site: 1.2 mi
- Black/Stevens Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Leaping Well Res.: 1.3 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 0.8 mi
- South Hadley Canal: 2.3 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 2.6 mi
- General Tadeusz Kosciuszko: 2.8 mi
- Gold Star Mothers Monument: 2.8 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 0.9 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 1.3 mi
- Old Firehouse Museum: 2.3 mi
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame: 3.0 mi
- Holyoke Children's Museum: 3.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.9 mi
- Cold Hill: 2.1 mi
- Finns Hill: 2.2 mi
- Dry Brook Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Knob: 2.5 mi
- Student Garden: 0.7 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 5.6 mi
- Northampton Community Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Systematics Garden: 5.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 5.9 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 3.1 mi
- World War II Tank: 6.8 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 9.8 mi
- Springfield Museums: 9.8 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 9.9 mi
- Lady Liberty: 2.9 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 4.7 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 5.9 mi
- C3: 6.0 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 8.2 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 4.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.0 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 7.3 mi
- David Musante Beach: 9.9 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 12.2 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 17.6 mi
- Waterfall: 19.9 mi
- Glendale Falls: 21.0 mi
- Cascade: 22.0 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 22.1 mi
- Titans Piazza: 3.3 mi
- Indian Leap: 7.6 mi
- Roaring Falls: 17.1 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 20.1 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 20.6 mi
- Rd: 5.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 5.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 5.3 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Leaping Well North. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | W 266° | 363 m | 3.5 mi |
| Pomeroy Mountain | W 277° | 352 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | NE 41° | 337 m | 5.4 mi |
| Deadtop | W 280° | 333 m | 3.3 mi |
| Lizzie Mountain | W 261° | 330 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mud Hill | W 278° | 324 m | 9.8 mi |
| West Hill | NE 50° | 324 m | 10.4 mi |
| Whiting Peak | WNW 288° | 305 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29909116
Day trips start here
- South Hadley · 1 mi
- Holyoke · 4 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 6 mi
- Hadley · 7 mi
- Ludlow · 8 mi
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