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Springfield Water Supply Land

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Springfield Water Supply Land from directly overhead

Springfield Water Supply Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the north-northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is UMass Experimental Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25338, -72.38478

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Parsons Field: 1.8 mi
  • Town Common: 2.0 mi
  • Foley Field: 2.1 mi
  • Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Rock Rimmon: 3.6 mi
  • High Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Quabbin Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Pond Hill: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 53
Gardens: 41
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 18
Beaches: 14
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic: 22.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 14.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade: 19.2 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Springfield Water Supply Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNNW 346°375 m7.9 mi
Pine HillN 354°371 m9.3 mi
Colonels MountainE 99°362 m7.9 mi
Coys HillE 93°356 m9.1 mi
East HillN 356°338 m5.7 mi
Mount NorwottockWNW 299°337 m7.4 mi
Marks MountainESE 110°331 m9.1 mi
Juckett HillN 4°327 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3616:21

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29915078

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