New Town Beach
New Town Beach is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Rail Trail, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Southwick
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 16.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 22 mi
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rail Trail: 0.5 mi
- Rail Trail: 0.9 mi
- Town Of Suffield (Babb's Road): 1.1 mi
- Babb's Beach Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Rail Trail: 1.9 mi
- Millers Hill: 1.0 mi
- Huckleberry Mountain: 1.9 mi
- West Suffield Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Manitook Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Southwick Hill: 2.8 mi
- Congamond Heights: 1.0 mi
- Halmar, Inc. (Partridge Meadow): 1.1 mi
- Suffield Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Town Open Space (30 Zimmer Road): 1.7 mi
- Ferrin Heights (Russo) Cr: 1.8 mi
- Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine: 4.0 mi
- Pioneer Valley Live Steamers: 4.2 mi
- Salmon Brook Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- New England Air Museum: 6.2 mi
- King House Museum: 6.5 mi
- E. Alexander Bergstrom: 4.5 mi
- John R. Bierman: 5.2 mi
- Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 5.4 mi
- Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 5.7 mi
- Kotchen Quadrangle: 6.3 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Front Garden: 5.5 mi
- Front Garden: 5.5 mi
- Back Garden: 5.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 5.5 mi
- Heroes of Westfield: 6.9 mi
- Angel of Independence: 7.3 mi
- Epiphany: 7.7 mi
- Freedom Eagle: 7.7 mi
- Westfield is Fantastic: 7.8 mi
- A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.1 mi
- C-7A "Caribou": 6.1 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 6.1 mi
- Manure Spreader: 6.7 mi
- Smaug's Lair sign: 6.8 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 5.4 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 6.6 mi
- Enders Falls: 7.1 mi
- Enders Falls: 7.1 mi
- Enders Falls: 7.2 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 15.7 mi
- Grotto: 15.8 mi
- Corps Wall: 15.8 mi
- Progressive Buttress: 15.8 mi
- Murdock Wall: 15.8 mi
- Babbs Beach: 1.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 8.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 17.7 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 18.3 mi
- County Beach: 18.5 mi
- Big Spring: 12.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.5 mi
- Rd: 13.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 13.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 8.1 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of New Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill | WNW 301° | 448 m | 9.6 mi |
| Sweetman Mountain | NW 314° | 446 m | 8.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 294° | 425 m | 9.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 249° | 421 m | 8.9 mi |
| Holden Hill | NW 310° | 412 m | 8.6 mi |
| Winchell Mountain | WNW 292° | 403 m | 7.5 mi |
| Morrison Hill | W 272° | 370 m | 9.3 mi |
| Washington Hill | WSW 240° | 359 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29908250
Day trips start here
- Longmeadow · 10 mi
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Blandford · 14 mi
- Holyoke · 15 mi
- Somers · 17 mi
- Hampden · 18 mi
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