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Northwest Road Water Department Land

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Northwest Road Water Department Land from directly overhead

Northwest Road Water Department Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Dug Hill stands 486 m to the northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pitoniak Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 4.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Westfield Water Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13125, -72.82451

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Westfield Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Russell Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Rocky Point: 1.9 mi
  • Drake Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Seymour Mountain: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Apartment Complex Courtyard: 1.4 mi
  • Campus Green: 1.5 mi
  • Tekoa Park: 1.6 mi
  • Courtney Courtyard: 1.6 mi
  • New Hall Courtyard: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 46
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 2.0 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Arboretum: 2.2 mi
Artworks: 34
  • The Globe: 1.5 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 2.1 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 4.0 mi
  • Epiphany: 4.0 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Waterfall: 5.1 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 10.1 mi
  • cascade: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 28
  • state boundary marker: 7.6 mi
  • World War II Tank: 12.1 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 12.2 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 12.3 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Corps Wall: 13.1 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 13.1 mi
  • Grotto: 13.1 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 13.1 mi
  • Acorn Face: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Babbs Beach: 7.9 mi
  • County Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Thompsonville Boat Launch: 14.5 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 16.3 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 16.5 mi
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 9.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 9.7 mi
  • Rd: 9.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Northwest Road Water Department Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dug HillNW 311°486 m7.9 mi
Babb HillW 266°465 m8.5 mi
Liberty HillWSW 241°448 m6.0 mi
Beech HillW 273°447 m7.3 mi
Sweetman MountainWSW 243°446 m3.7 mi
Sunset HillWNW 302°446 m5.9 mi
Prospect HillSW 232°425 m6.8 mi
Pebble HillWNW 286°424 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
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/29748921

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