Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Magnante Land/Garrison Farm
Magnante Land/Garrison Farm is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Ragged Hill stands 368 m to the west-northwest, 3.3 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1978
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.26913, -72.12432
- 8.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 21.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 24 mi
- Summit House · 24 mi
- Waterfall · 28 mi
- Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Magnante Land/Garrison Farm: 0.1 mi
- Magnante Land/Garrison Farm: 0.2 mi
- Town Forest: 0.6 mi
- Sucker Brook F.C.: 0.8 mi
- Town Forest: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Wigwam Hill: 0.5 mi
- Buck Hill: 0.9 mi
- Whortleberry Hill: 1.6 mi
- Tower Hill: 1.9 mi
- Hales Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
- North Brookfield Common: 2.1 mi
- West Brookfield Common: 2.4 mi
- KIA memorial: 2.5 mi
- Lewis Field: 3.7 mi
- Brookfield Town Common: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
- KIA Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Dr. Milman Pease Fountain: 3.9 mi
- Warren Civil War Monument: 5.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam: 6.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.5 mi
Attractions
- Path Continues: 2.7 mi
- Path Continues: 2.8 mi
- The Rock House: 3.7 mi
- Path Continues?: 4.2 mi
- Path Continues: 5.5 mi
Museums: 37
- Stone House Museum: 14.2 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 14.4 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 15.5 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 32
- Butterfly Garden: 3.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 11.2 mi
- Small House Garden: 11.2 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 14.3 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Artworks: 31
- Motion: 12.8 mi
- Guitar: 13.0 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 15.2 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 15.5 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 15.5 mi
Beaches: 15
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 2.5 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 4.5 mi
- Streeter Beach: 11.0 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 17.7 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Indian Kitchen: 11.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Overlook: 13.7 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 19.1 mi
- Ice Fall: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Bear's Den Falls: 21.5 mi
- Cascade: 23.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Magnante Land/Garrison Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | WNW 293° | 368 m | 3.3 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | WSW 247° | 362 m | 6.0 mi |
| Coys Hill | WSW 249° | 356 m | 4.6 mi |
| Tufts Hill | NNE 32° | 351 m | 3.9 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NNW 329° | 348 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bell Hill | ENE 67° | 336 m | 2.1 mi |
| Tower Hill | SSW 206° | 336 m | 8.7 mi |
| Charity Hill | NNW 331° | 333 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Brimfield Lake, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29676872
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 7 mi
- South County · 13 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 14 mi
- Holland · 14 mi
- Southbridge · 14 mi
- Worcester · 16 mi
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