Moose Brook Access
Moose Brook Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Hawes Hill stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mandell Hill Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1992
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 16.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 23.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 18 mi
- Summit House · 22 mi
- Overlook · 23 mi
- Waterfall · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mandell Hill Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Moose Brook Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Winimusset Wildlife Conservation Easement: 1.8 mi
- Paige Farm: 2.1 mi
- Ware River Access: 2.7 mi
- Ruggles Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mandell Hill: 1.3 mi
- Poverty Hill: 2.3 mi
- Goat Hill: 2.5 mi
- Charity Hill: 2.9 mi
- Deer Park: 1.5 mi
- Goddard Park: 2.1 mi
- Memorial Field: 3.3 mi
- Felton Field: 5.6 mi
- Town Common: 5.9 mi
- Path Continues: 5.2 mi
- Old Car: 5.3 mi
- Path Continues: 5.6 mi
- The Rock House: 5.7 mi
- Path Continues: 5.8 mi
- Dana Common Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Dana Common Historical Rock: 6.2 mi
- Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 6.5 mi
- Grave's Landing: 7.7 mi
- KIA Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Fisher Museum: 12.9 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 12.9 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 13.4 mi
- Stone House Museum: 13.4 mi
- Old Academy Building: 13.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.5 mi
- Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 16.8 mi
- Small House Garden: 16.8 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 17.0 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 5.9 mi
- Overlook: 8.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.4 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 16.5 mi
- Ice Fall: 16.6 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 7.6 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 9.6 mi
- Streeter Beach: 16.5 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 17.9 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 18.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 15.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 21.0 mi
- Doane's Falls: 21.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 21.6 mi
- Spirit Falls: 22.3 mi
- Picnic: 23.1 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Moose Brook Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes Hill | NNE 15° | 383 m | 7.9 mi |
| Babbitt Hill | NNE 14° | 376 m | 8.4 mi |
| Allen Hill | NNE 16° | 374 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 6° | 369 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ragged Hill | SSW 197° | 368 m | 4.3 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | SSW 206° | 362 m | 8.6 mi |
| Loring Hill | N 4° | 357 m | 7.5 mi |
| Coys Hill | SSW 200° | 356 m | 7.4 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 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 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–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29673581
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 11 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 16 mi
- Princeton · 16 mi
- Gardner · 18 mi
- Amherst · 19 mi
- Ashburnham · 19 mi
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