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Armory Square

Armory Square from directly overhead

Armory Square is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Springfield Armory Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
61 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.10784, -72.58011

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Kibbe Triangle: 0.2 mi
  • Federal Square: 0.2 mi
  • Armoury Commons: 0.3 mi
  • Magazine Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Barrows Playgound: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
  • The Puritan: 0.4 mi
  • Parsons Tavern Location: 0.6 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 0.6 mi
  • First Meeting House: 0.6 mi
  • Edward P. Boland Memorial: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 2.2 mi
  • McCarthy Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Bradley Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Liswell Hill: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Seymour Planetarium: 0.4 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 0.4 mi
  • World War II Tank: 2.7 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 4.9 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Cascade: 14.8 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 14
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 7.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 2.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Armory Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNNW 339°363 m9.9 mi
DeadtopNNW 342°333 m10.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 120°323 m10.3 mi
Pine MountainESE 116°319 m10.1 mi
Whiting PeakNNW 344°305 m10.9 mi
Bald MountainESE 118°303 m10.4 mi
Perkins MountainESE 123°298 m10.5 mi
Wood HillE 95°289 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly40 obs
  • Asian bittersweet38 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade31 obs
  • common milkweed29 obs
  • Red Clover21 obs
  • Groundhog20 obs
  • tree-of-heaven20 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/118871469

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