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Palmer Wildlife Management Area

Palmer Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Palmer Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the south, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.21076, -72.26189

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Fox Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Devils Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Pattaquattic Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Marks Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Colonels Mountain: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dean Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cutter Park: 3.0 mi
  • Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • Lucy Stone Park: 3.5 mi
  • Nenamesek Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • SSG 102: 5.1 mi
  • The Rock House: 5.2 mi
  • Timber Frame: 6.2 mi
  • Path Continues?: 6.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.5 mi
Museums: 51
Artworks: 37
  • Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 11.3 mi
  • Motion: 14.6 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 15.9 mi
  • Robert Frost: 17.1 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Small House Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Pick-your-own Fields: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 16.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 20.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade: 16.9 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Palmer Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahS 173°379 m9.3 mi
Ragged HillNE 37°368 m6.6 mi
Steerage RockSSE 158°367 m5.1 mi
Colonels MountainNE 41°362 m2.3 mi
Coys HillNE 49°356 m3.7 mi
Mount HitchcockS 179°356 m8.7 mi
Tower HillSE 140°336 m4.9 mi
Marks MountainE 95°331 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29915804

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