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Westfield Wildlife Management Area

Westfield Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Westfield Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Dug Hill stands 486 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Honey Pot Wildlife Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 6.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2001-12-18
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.10398, -72.82639

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Drake Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Seymour Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Rocky Point: 1.6 mi
  • Bush Hill: 1.8 mi
  • East Sweetman Mountain: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Apartment Complex Courtyard: 2.4 mi
  • Stanley Park: 2.4 mi
  • Campus Green: 2.5 mi
  • Courtney Courtyard: 2.6 mi
  • New Hall Courtyard: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks: 57
  • Angel of Independence: 2.4 mi
  • The Globe: 2.5 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 4.2 mi
  • Epiphany: 4.4 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 2.4 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Arboretum: 2.6 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Attractions: 38
  • state boundary marker: 6.0 mi
  • cellar hole: 11.4 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 11.7 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 11.9 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Waterfall: 4.4 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 8.5 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 8.9 mi
  • cascade: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Corps Wall: 12.5 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 12.5 mi
  • Grotto: 12.5 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 12.5 mi
  • Acorn Face: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Babbs Beach: 6.4 mi
  • County Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Thompsonville Boat Launch: 13.5 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 17.8 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 18.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.7 mi
  • Rd: 10.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Westfield Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dug HillNW 321°486 m9.2 mi
Tow HillW 274°466 m9.2 mi
Babb HillW 279°465 m8.5 mi
Liberty HillW 259°448 m5.3 mi
Beech HillWNW 288°447 m7.6 mi
Sweetman MountainW 273°446 m3.2 mi
Sunset HillNW 316°446 m7.0 mi
Prospect HillWSW 246°425 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29747927

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