Wells Memorial Forest
Wells Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Pocumtuck Mountain stands 561 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is World Species List - Natural Features Registry Institute, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 0.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1973
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 3.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 8.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 3 mi
- view to west · 4 mi
- Bissell Bridge Falls · 10 mi
- Waterfall · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dragon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Brimstone Hill: 1.8 mi
- Shingle Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bellows Hill: 2.2 mi
- Flag Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Ball Park: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Field: 2.7 mi
- Hillside Park: 4.7 mi
- Greenfield Skate Park: 4.9 mi
- Veterans Mall: 4.9 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 5.8 mi
- Bee Hive Kiln: 9.3 mi
- Mill River Dam: 9.7 mi
- Site of the Williamsburg Reservoir Dam: 9.7 mi
- Cellarhole: 10.0 mi
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 3.0 mi
- Buckland Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 5.2 mi
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 7.6 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 10.1 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- North Garden: 13.8 mi
- South Garden: 13.8 mi
- Hatfield Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Roaring Falls: 10.5 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 10.8 mi
- Introductory Buttress: 12.1 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 12.1 mi
- Main Wall: 12.1 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 3.8 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 15.0 mi
- Jack Leaman: 15.1 mi
- Julius Erving: 15.1 mi
- John Calipari: 15.1 mi
- Bridge of Flowers: 3.2 mi
- hole in wall: 3.8 mi
- rock overhang: 3.9 mi
- Wolves Den: 4.0 mi
- rock scramble: 4.1 mi
- Hobo Falls: 14.6 mi
- Tannery Falls: 16.0 mi
- Twin Cascade: 17.2 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 18.3 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 18.9 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 6.0 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 14.0 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 14.1 mi
- David Musante Beach: 15.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.4 mi
- Day Use Area: 13.6 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Wells Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocumtuck Mountain | NW 324° | 561 m | 6.8 mi |
| Peter Hill | WSW 245° | 557 m | 6.9 mi |
| Seventy Six Hill | SW 229° | 530 m | 7.4 mi |
| Hog Mountain | WNW 283° | 486 m | 7.1 mi |
| Massamet Mountain | NNW 337° | 485 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mary Lyon Hill | W 271° | 482 m | 4.5 mi |
| Drake Hill | W 271° | 468 m | 6.5 mi |
| Moonshine Hill | W 275° | 458 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29906831
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