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Mungo Cow Pasture Conservation Area

Mungo Cow Pasture Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mungo Cow Pasture Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Noble Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 8.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

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2001-12-12
Getting there

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Coordinates42.10263, -72.74219

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Amelia's Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Elizabeth Parker Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cross Street Playground: 1.0 mi
  • White Street Pocket Park: 1.2 mi
  • General Shepard Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • Heroes of Westfield: 1.0 mi
  • Epiphany: 1.7 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 1.8 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 2.6 mi
  • The Globe: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Rock of Pearl Harbor: 1.8 mi
  • Commemorative Brick Plaza: 1.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Stony Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Round Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Kelly Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Provin Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Bush Hill: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Providence Arboretum: 1.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Grandmothers' Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Arboretum: 2.6 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 39
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.8 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 8.0 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 8.0 mi
  • World War II Tank: 8.4 mi
  • state boundary marker: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Waterfall: 8.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 11.5 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Enders Falls: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 12
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.7 mi
  • Rd: 7.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Mungo Cow Pasture Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillW 265°448 m9.5 mi
Sweetman MountainW 272°446 m7.5 mi
Holden HillW 268°412 m7.8 mi
Birch HillWNW 298°407 m8.7 mi
Bungy MountainNNW 338°405 m9.2 mi
Winchell MountainWSW 249°403 m8.8 mi
Tarrot HillWNW 303°383 m9.1 mi
Tillotson HillWNW 292°373 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/306728420

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