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Wolf Swamp Park & Conservation Area

Wolf Swamp Park & Conservation Area from directly overhead

Wolf Swamp Park & Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Peck Hill stands 336 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (West Of Spruceland Road), a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03562, -72.53870

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Turner Park: 1.2 mi
  • Whitacres Park: 1.6 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 1.9 mi
  • East Park: 2.2 mi
  • Center Field: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 50
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 10.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 14.9 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 12.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Wolf Swamp Park & Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peck HillE 84°336 m12.1 mi
Chestnut HillESE 104°332 m9.7 mi
Moon MountainENE 74°330 m9.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 92°323 m6.7 mi
Bald MountainESE 115°322 m7.2 mi
Pine MountainE 86°319 m7.0 mi
Soapstone MountainSE 129°315 m8.4 mi
Bald MountainE 89°303 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29906757

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