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Southampton Wildlife Management Area

Southampton Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Southampton Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Spruce Hill stands 438 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 9.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2002
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.21564, -72.67437

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gloutack Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pilsudski Park: 1.2 mi
  • Wyatt Harper Park: 1.9 mi
  • Kenny Park: 2.0 mi
  • Kenney Fields: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Whiteloaf Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Crafts Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Tom: 2.2 mi
  • Cedar Knob: 3.0 mi
  • Deadtop: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 3.4 mi
Museums
Gardens: 38
  • Student Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 6.7 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 7.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Lady Liberty: 3.4 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 3.5 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 7.1 mi
  • Epiphany: 7.1 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 3.5 mi
  • World War II Tank: 6.4 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 8.9 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 8.9 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 12
Springs: 4
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 1.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 1.8 mi
  • Rd: 1.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Southampton Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce HillNW 315°438 m9.0 mi
Cub HillNW 311°424 m8.3 mi
Bungy MountainW 276°405 m6.9 mi
Fisher HillWNW 302°400 m8.1 mi
Tob HillNW 321°373 m8.8 mi
Breakneck HillWNW 295°372 m7.8 mi
Mount TomNE 37°363 m2.2 mi
Norwich HillWNW 296°361 m9.7 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856187

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