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Calhoun Park

Calhoun Park from directly overhead

Calhoun Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Jaime Uolloa Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.11719, -72.60303

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jaime Uolloa Park: 0.3 mi
  • Thomas St. Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Roberto Clemente Field: 0.5 mi
  • Memorial Square Triangle: 0.5 mi
  • Kenefick Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Edward P. Boland Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Springfield War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Parsons Tavern Location: 1.3 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Land Along Connecticut R.: 1.2 mi
  • Land Along Connecticut R.: 1.3 mi
  • Land Along Connecticut R.: 1.5 mi
  • Abbey Brook Extension: 1.6 mi
  • Abbey Brook: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Bradley Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Liswell Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Kelly Hill: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 58
Attractions: 33
  • Springfield Museums: 1.2 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 1.2 mi
  • World War II Tank: 2.2 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 5.3 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Lost Acres Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Waterfall: 15.9 mi
  • Cascade: 16.1 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Enders Falls: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 5.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 6.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 6.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 1.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Calhoun Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNNW 345°363 m8.9 mi
DeadtopNNW 347°333 m9.6 mi
Ball MountainWNW 298°310 m11.3 mi
Whiting PeakN 349°305 m10.0 mi
Mount ChapinE 88°281 m9.9 mi
Mount MarcyE 85°281 m10.0 mi
Wigwam HillE 94°267 m9.8 mi
Grindstone MountainWNW 301°262 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly37 obs
  • common milkweed29 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade29 obs
  • Asian bittersweet29 obs
  • Groundhog23 obs
  • House Sparrow20 obs
  • Red Clover20 obs
  • tree-of-heaven20 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/29908823

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