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Water Department Land

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Water Department Land from directly overhead

Water Department Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Dug Hill stands 486 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Northwest Road Water Department Land, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 4.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1968-04-09
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Westfield Water Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13022, -72.83166

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Westfield Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Russell Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Rocky Point: 1.5 mi
  • Drake Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Seymour Mountain: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Apartment Complex Courtyard: 1.7 mi
  • Tekoa Park: 1.8 mi
  • Campus Green: 1.9 mi
  • Courtney Courtyard: 2.0 mi
  • New Hall Courtyard: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 46
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 2.4 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Arboretum: 2.5 mi
Artworks: 34
  • The Globe: 1.9 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 2.4 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 4.3 mi
  • Epiphany: 4.4 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Waterfall: 4.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 9.9 mi
  • cascade: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 28
  • state boundary marker: 7.4 mi
  • World War II Tank: 12.5 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 12.6 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 12.7 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Corps Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Grotto: 12.7 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 12.7 mi
  • Acorn Face: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Babbs Beach: 8.0 mi
  • County Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Thompsonville Boat Launch: 14.8 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 16.6 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 16.7 mi
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.0 mi
  • Rd: 10.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Water Department Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dug HillNW 314°486 m7.7 mi
Tow HillW 262°466 m9.0 mi
Babb HillW 266°465 m8.1 mi
Green HillNW 320°456 m9.0 mi
Liberty HillWSW 240°448 m5.7 mi
Beech HillW 274°447 m7.0 mi
Sweetman MountainWSW 241°446 m3.4 mi
Sunset HillNW 305°446 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29746946

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