Blunt Park
Blunt Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 64 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellis Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 64 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 18.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ellis Playground: 0.3 mi
- Acorn Park: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Field: 0.8 mi
- Hennessey Park: 0.8 mi
- G Frank Adams Park: 0.9 mi
- Good Shepherds Brook: 0.7 mi
- White Cedar Bog: 1.2 mi
- Abbey Brook Extension: 1.4 mi
- Delta Hills Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Abbey Brook: 1.6 mi
- Titanic Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 0.8 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 1.6 mi
- The Puritan: 2.4 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.8 mi
- McCarthy Hill: 4.6 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 7.1 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 2.4 mi
- Yertle Garden: 2.4 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Student Garden: 8.7 mi
- World War II Tank: 2.3 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 2.3 mi
- Springfield Museums: 2.4 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 6.1 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 6.8 mi
- The Lorax: 2.4 mi
- Horton Court: 2.4 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 2.4 mi
- The Storyteller: 2.4 mi
- Birdicus Gigantium: 2.6 mi
- Cascade: 14.6 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 18.3 mi
- Waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 18.8 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 19.8 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 5.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 9.3 mi
- Babbs Beach: 12.2 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.3 mi
- Indian Leap: 4.1 mi
- Titans Piazza: 11.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 23.9 mi
- Rd: 7.0 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.0 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.1 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 1.9 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Blunt Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | NNW 328° | 363 m | 9.3 mi |
| Deadtop | NNW 332° | 333 m | 9.9 mi |
| Moon Mountain | ESE 111° | 330 m | 10.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SE 131° | 323 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SE 127° | 319 m | 9.6 mi |
| Whiting Peak | NNW 334° | 305 m | 10.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 129° | 303 m | 9.9 mi |
| Perkins Mountain | SE 134° | 298 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:48 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 9 mi away.
- Asian bittersweet46 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly28 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- American pokeweed19 obs
- American Robin16 obs
- Canada Goose15 obs
- alder buckthorn15 obs
- winged euonymus14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29911969
Day trips start here
- Ludlow · 5 mi
- Holyoke · 6 mi
- Longmeadow · 6 mi
- Hampden · 8 mi
- South Hadley · 9 mi
- Somers · 11 mi
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