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Steiger Drive Recreation Area

Steiger Drive Recreation Area from directly overhead

Steiger Drive Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the west, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 9.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Westfield Parks and Recreation Department
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.09722, -72.73334

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Amelia's Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Cross Street Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Elizabeth Parker Park: 1.5 mi
  • White Street Pocket Park: 1.7 mi
  • General Shepard Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Heroes of Westfield: 1.5 mi
  • Epiphany: 2.2 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 2.3 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 3.2 mi
  • The Globe: 4.0 mi
Peaks
  • Round Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Kelly Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Provin Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Stony Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Liswell Hill: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Rock of Pearl Harbor: 2.2 mi
  • Commemorative Brick Plaza: 2.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Providence Arboretum: 2.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Grandmothers' Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Arboretum: 3.2 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 39
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.2 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 7.5 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 7.6 mi
  • World War II Tank: 8.1 mi
  • state boundary marker: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Waterfall: 9.2 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 11.7 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Enders Falls: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 12
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.8 mi
  • Rd: 7.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Steiger Drive Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetman MountainW 275°446 m8.0 mi
Holden HillW 270°412 m8.3 mi
Birch HillWNW 298°407 m9.3 mi
Winchell MountainWSW 252°403 m9.1 mi
Tarrot HillWNW 303°383 m9.6 mi
Tillotson HillWNW 293°373 m9.6 mi
South MountainWSW 243°357 m8.0 mi
Cobble MountainWNW 282°351 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856280

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