Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Town Forest
Town Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the east, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnechaug Mountain, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.06169, -72.41980
- 21.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 26.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Minnechaug Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Goat Rock Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- West Brook Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- West Brook Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Hampden Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Gerrish Park: 0.8 mi
- Gazebo Park: 4.2 mi
- Crane Park: 4.2 mi
- Center School Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Pine Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mount Vision: 2.1 mi
- Perkins Mountain: 2.6 mi
Museums
- Childrens Museum: 3.3 mi
- Childrens Museum: 3.4 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 5.6 mi
- Titanic Museum: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
- Civil War Monument: 4.2 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 7.3 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 7.3 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Omiskanoagwiah: 8.3 mi
Artworks
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 7.2 mi
- The Three Graces: 8.3 mi
- Horton Court: 9.0 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 9.0 mi
- The Storyteller: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 53
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 9.0 mi
- Yertle Garden: 9.0 mi
- sensory garden: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 50
- Goat Rock: 0.7 mi
- SSG 102: 8.0 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 9.0 mi
- Springfield Museums: 9.0 mi
- Path Continues: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 20
- Cascade: 6.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 13.5 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 16.8 mi
- Cascades: 18.6 mi
- Cascades: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 14
- Haviland Pond Beach: 8.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 9.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.5 mi
- Streeter Beach: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Indian Leap: 7.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 18.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 18.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 21.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Enfield: 17.8 mi
- Greenwich: 21.5 mi
- Prescott: 23.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.1 mi
- Picnic: 17.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Rd: 15.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | E 83° | 379 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | ENE 79° | 356 m | 8.4 mi |
| Tupper Hill | ESE 105° | 352 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | ESE 103° | 347 m | 8.1 mi |
| Moss Hill | ESE 102° | 341 m | 8.6 mi |
| Peck Hill | E 95° | 336 m | 6.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | SE 141° | 332 m | 5.3 mi |
| Moon Mountain | ENE 76° | 330 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29673597
Day trips start here
- Hampden · 0 mi
- Somers · 5 mi
- Ludlow · 7 mi
- Longmeadow · 8 mi
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Holland · 13 mi
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