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Little Alum Lake Dam Area

Little Alum Lake Dam Area from directly overhead

Little Alum Lake Dam Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the south-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is East Brimfield Lake Flood Risk Management Project, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 10 miles off.

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Coordinates42.12975, -72.14866

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • East Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mount Dan: 1.7 mi
  • Chamberlin Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Janes Hill: 2.1 mi
  • White Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Town Common: 2.7 mi
  • Town Common: 2.8 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Cedar Pond Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Village Common: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 3.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 48
Artworks: 43
Gardens: 22
  • Small House Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade: 14.9 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Cascades: 23.0 mi
  • Cascades: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 17.1 mi
  • Indian Leap: 17.5 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 19.8 mi
  • Overlook: 23.1 mi
  • Coney Rock: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 8.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Little Alum Lake Dam Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillSSW 202°396 m8.4 mi
Mount PisgahSW 232°379 m5.8 mi
Steerage RockWNW 283°367 m4.0 mi
Colonels MountainNNW 330°362 m8.5 mi
Mount HitchcockWSW 242°356 m6.5 mi
Coys HillNNW 339°356 m8.6 mi
Moss HillSW 220°341 m8.5 mi
Tower HillNW 304°336 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465766716962504131
Precip in3.73.24.34.33.53.94.04.44.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Brimfield Lake, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29914523

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