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Whiting St Watershed

Whiting St Watershed from directly overhead

Whiting St Watershed is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Spruce Hill stands 438 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 11 miles off.

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Coordinates42.23545, -72.63871

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Tom: 0.7 mi
  • Cedar Knob: 0.7 mi
  • Little Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Deadtop: 1.3 mi
  • Crafts Hill: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 1.6 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Vietnam Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Kenney Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Kenny Park: 0.9 mi
  • Jones Point Park: 1.2 mi
  • Morgan Street Park: 1.4 mi
  • Kennedy Park: 1.6 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 40
  • Student Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 5.3 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Lady Liberty: 2.4 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 2.6 mi
  • C3: 6.1 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 30
Waterfalls: 19
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
Beaches: 11
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 2.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Whiting St Watershed. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce HillWNW 301°438 m9.6 mi
Cub HillWNW 297°424 m9.1 mi
Bungy MountainW 266°405 m8.7 mi
Fisher HillWNW 288°400 m9.2 mi
Tob HillNW 306°373 m9.2 mi
Breakneck HillWNW 283°372 m9.1 mi
Mount TomNW 312°363 m0.7 mi
Hanging MountainNW 318°361 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29907332

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