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Mount Toby Wildlife Management Area

Mount Toby Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mount Toby Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Joshua Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 7.3 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.47632, -72.51003

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sunderland Town Park: 2.9 mi
  • Cushman Common: 4.4 mi
  • Herlihy Park: 4.4 mi
  • Mill River Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
  • Brandywine Park: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 6.0 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Old Chapel: 6.1 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 6.5 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 6.9 mi
Museums: 43
Attractions: 32
  • War Memorial Pool: 6.7 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 6.8 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 8.9 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 10.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 23
Cliffs: 20
  • Roaring Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 3.7 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 6.8 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 6.9 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 17
Beaches: 12
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 12.9 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear's Den Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 20.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Mount Toby Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry HillNNE 25°423 m5.1 mi
Orcutt HillENE 60°394 m7.6 mi
Mount TobyWNW 300°386 m1.6 mi
Packard MountainE 97°386 m8.1 mi
Poor Farm HillENE 77°384 m8.6 mi
Brushy MountainE 95°380 m2.1 mi
Locks HillENE 61°372 m6.2 mi
Bear MountainNE 36°372 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4920:32
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212334465867727062503828
Precip in3.43.03.73.73.84.64.54.74.74.93.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/915951176

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