Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Westfield River Access

Westfield River Access from directly overhead

Westfield River Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. Borden Mountain stands 761 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2008-06-24

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49818, -72.97771

3.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
9.3 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
12.5 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
15.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)

Overlooks nearby

Overlook · 10 mi
Lookout · 10 mi
Bissell Bridge Falls · 11 mi
Ragged Mountain · 13 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Historic sites

West Street Cemetary: 0.7 mi
Gardner Homestead Cellarhole: 5.0 mi
Cellarhole: 6.4 mi
Cellarhole: 6.4 mi
Bee Hive Kiln: 6.7 mi

Peaks

Deer Hill: 0.9 mi
Deer Hill: 1.1 mi
Bryant Mountain: 1.7 mi
West Mountain: 2.5 mi
Bond Hill: 2.8 mi

Parks

Notchview - Trustees of Reservations: 3.1 mi
Pettingill Field: 5.3 mi
amphitheatre: 6.3 mi
Sports Field: 6.3 mi
Worthington Town Park: 6.8 mi

Museums44

Kingman Tavern Museum: 4.9 mi
Worthington Historical Society: 6.4 mi
Goshen Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum: 10.3 mi
Crane Museum of Papermaking: 10.4 mi

Artworks39

Susan B. Anthony: 11.1 mi
McKinley Statue: 11.3 mi
Mr. Bling: 15.6 mi
C.A.V.U. (Skyspace): 15.7 mi
The Wind Chimes: 16.9 mi

Gardens21

Flower Garden: 19.3 mi
Walled Garden: 19.3 mi
Buxton Garden: 20.0 mi
Northampton Community Gardens: 21.1 mi
Just Roots Community Garden: 21.1 mi

Attractions17

1950 Pontiac: 3.1 mi
Thunderbolt Mountain Coaster: 10.0 mi
Antique Truck: 10.2 mi
Bridge of Flowers: 14.1 mi
Becket Center Historic District: 15.5 mi

Waterfalls13

Tannery Falls: 8.8 mi
Cascade on South Brook: 9.4 mi
Glendale Falls: 10.2 mi
Lower Peck's Falls: 11.9 mi
Peck's Falls: 12.0 mi

Beaches11

Ashfield Town Beach: 9.4 mi
Campers Beach: 14.2 mi
Iroquis Waterfront: 14.9 mi
David Musante Beach: 17.0 mi
County Beach: 22.1 mi

Cliffs8

Raven Rocks: 13.0 mi
Hoosac Range: 14.3 mi
Witts Ledge: 15.3 mi
Kennedy Cliffs: 19.4 mi
Clover Mountain: 19.4 mi

Ghost towns2

Davis: 14.8 mi
Catamount: 15.5 mi

Picnic sites1

Day Use Area: 10.1 mi

Springs1

Pond off Chair Factory Road: 21.8 mi

Covered bridges1

Green River Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Westfield River Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Borden Mountain	NNW 341°	761 m	7.5 mi
Judges Hill	WNW 297°	702 m	3.1 mi
Weston Mountain	W 280°	685 m	7.2 mi
Haskell Hill	SSW 207°	680 m	6.8 mi
French Hill	SSW 212°	675 m	5.8 mi
North Mountain	WNW 283°	665 m	9.3 mi
Garnet Hill	SSW 204°	663 m	7.7 mi
Peru Hill	SW 222°	661 m	5.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:56	18:27	19:04
June solstice	05:15	19:51	20:33
September equinox	06:40	18:14	18:51
December solstice	07:19	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	19	21	29	41	51	60	64	63	57	45	36	26

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Hawley, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29747038

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