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Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area

Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area from directly overhead

Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom, a peak 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2000
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24063, -72.64173

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Tom: 0.3 mi
  • Cedar Knob: 0.7 mi
  • Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Deadtop: 0.9 mi
  • Whiting Peak: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Kenney Fields: 1.2 mi
  • Kenny Park: 1.3 mi
  • Nonotuck Park: 1.5 mi
  • Jones Point Park: 1.5 mi
  • Morgan Street Park: 1.8 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 40
  • Student Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Guild Art Supply: 2.2 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 2.8 mi
  • C3: 5.8 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 30
Waterfalls: 19
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Waterfall: 17.1 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 16
Beaches: 11
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 3.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahWNW 301°468 m10.0 mi
Spruce HillWNW 300°438 m9.3 mi
Cub HillWNW 295°424 m8.8 mi
Bungy MountainW 264°405 m8.6 mi
Fisher HillWNW 287°400 m9.0 mi
Tob HillNW 305°373 m8.8 mi
Breakneck HillW 281°372 m8.9 mi
Mount TomWNW 283°363 m0.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29857397

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