Wilbraham Wildlife Area
Wilbraham Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 76 m. Mount Hitchcock stands 356 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Graila Road Swamp, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1913
- Elevation
- 76 m
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 23.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Graila Road Swamp: 0.9 mi
- South Branch Park: 1.1 mi
- Tamarack Bog: 1.1 mi
- Tall Pines: 1.2 mi
- Pesky Serpent Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Childrens Museum: 1.3 mi
- Childrens Museum: 1.3 mi
- Titanic Museum: 4.8 mi
- Springfield Armory Museum: 6.5 mi
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: 6.6 mi
- South Branch Park: 1.8 mi
- Gazebo Park: 2.0 mi
- Crane Park: 2.1 mi
- South Branch Park: 2.5 mi
- Greenleaf Park: 2.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mount Vision: 2.1 mi
- Wigwam Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Chapin: 2.9 mi
- McCarthy Hill: 3.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.1 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 4.3 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 5.0 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 5.5 mi
- Titanic Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 6.5 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 6.7 mi
- Yertle Garden: 6.7 mi
- Student Garden: 12.1 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 4.2 mi
- The Three Graces: 6.6 mi
- Horton Court: 6.7 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 6.7 mi
- The Storyteller: 6.7 mi
- Goat Rock: 2.8 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 6.7 mi
- Springfield Museums: 6.7 mi
- SSG 102: 7.6 mi
- World War II Tank: 7.6 mi
- Cascade: 10.0 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 16.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 19.0 mi
- Cascades: 21.7 mi
- Cascades: 21.7 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 5.2 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.3 mi
- Babbs Beach: 15.9 mi
- Indian Leap: 4.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 15.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 21.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 24.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 24.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
- Picnic: 19.9 mi
- Rd: 12.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Wilbraham Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hitchcock | E 95° | 356 m | 10.1 mi |
| Tupper Hill | ESE 116° | 352 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | ESE 114° | 347 m | 10.6 mi |
| Peck Hill | ESE 112° | 336 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | SE 142° | 332 m | 8.4 mi |
| Moon Mountain | ESE 109° | 330 m | 5.2 mi |
| Dearth Hill | E 89° | 327 m | 10.5 mi |
| Great Mountain | E 93° | 325 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29855948
Day trips start here
- Hampden · 3 mi
- Ludlow · 4 mi
- Longmeadow · 7 mi
- Somers · 8 mi
- Holyoke · 11 mi
- South Hadley · 13 mi
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