Moose Brook Wildlife Management Area
Moose Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Hawes Hill stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruggles Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 24.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 17 mi
- Overlook · 21 mi
- Waterfall · 22 mi
- Summit House · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ruggles Hill: 0.8 mi
- Poverty Hill: 1.8 mi
- Charity Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mandell Hill: 2.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.2 mi
- Moose Brook Access: 1.5 mi
- Mandell Hill Conservation Area: 1.7 mi
- Paige Farm: 2.2 mi
- Ware River Access: 2.5 mi
- Winimusset Wildlife Conservation Easement: 3.2 mi
- Deer Park: 1.6 mi
- Goddard Park: 2.1 mi
- Memorial Field: 4.3 mi
- Rocking Stone Park: 4.7 mi
- Felton Field: 4.7 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 4.8 mi
- F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 4.8 mi
- Old Town Hall: 4.9 mi
- Old Schoolhouse: 4.9 mi
- Path Continues: 5.8 mi
- Dana Common Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Dana Common Historical Rock: 4.9 mi
- Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 5.2 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 6.4 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 6.4 mi
- Fisher Museum: 11.4 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- Old Academy Building: 12.4 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 13.6 mi
- Stone House Museum: 13.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 15.5 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 17.0 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Guitar: 16.5 mi
- Robert Frost: 17.9 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 18.1 mi
- Quinnipiac: 18.5 mi
- Metawampe: 18.5 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 4.8 mi
- Overlook: 6.6 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 15.9 mi
- Ice Fall: 16.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 17.3 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 9.0 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 11.0 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 16.4 mi
- Streeter Beach: 17.9 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 18.3 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 14.6 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.5 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.5 mi
- Spirit Falls: 20.9 mi
- Emerson Falls: 20.9 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 23.0 mi
- Picnic: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Moose Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes Hill | NNE 21° | 383 m | 6.6 mi |
| Babbitt Hill | NNE 19° | 376 m | 7.1 mi |
| Allen Hill | NNE 24° | 374 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 9° | 369 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ragged Hill | S 190° | 368 m | 5.7 mi |
| Loring Hill | N 8° | 357 m | 6.1 mi |
| Coys Hill | SSW 194° | 356 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tufts Hill | SE 131° | 351 m | 5.5 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29913976
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 12 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 16 mi
- Princeton · 16 mi
- Gardner · 17 mi
- Amherst · 18 mi
- Ashburnham · 18 mi
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