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Longcope Property

Longcope Property from directly overhead

Longcope Property is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is South Lee Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 1.9 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28724, -73.27828

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Lee Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dunn Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 1.6 mi
  • Recreation Park: 1.9 mi
  • Little League Field: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Lauras Tower: 1.6 mi
  • Beartown Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 2.2 mi
  • The Pinnacle: 2.6 mi
  • Evergreen Hill: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Butler Seat: 1.6 mi
  • Rostrum: 1.7 mi
  • St. Francis: 1.7 mi
  • St. John Paul II: 1.7 mi
  • St. Faustina: 1.7 mi
Museums: 37
Waterfalls: 30
  • falls: 5.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Bash Bish Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 3.2 mi
  • concrete bases: 5.8 mi
  • stone pillar: 5.8 mi
  • balanced rock: 6.2 mi
  • concrete bases: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 4.2 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 5.7 mi
  • Clover Mountain: 14.8 mi
  • Corps Wall: 18.4 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 3
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 10.3 mi
  • Adams Point Beach: 11.0 mi
  • County Beach: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 11.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Longcope Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainENE 75°675 m6.4 mi
Becket MountainE 81°663 m6.8 mi
Yokun SeatN 350°645 m8.0 mi
Mount WilcoxS 173°642 m4.7 mi
Perry PeakNNW 331°631 m10.6 mi
Harvey MountainWNW 283°627 m7.7 mi
Bald TopENE 60°624 m6.8 mi
Wadsworth HillE 89°606 m9.2 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 solstice07:2015:3916:24

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29784652

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