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Cottage Hill Park

Cottage Hill Park from directly overhead

Cottage Hill Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Myrtle Street Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.15564, -72.50530

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Myrtle Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Godfrey Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dr. Stusick Square: 1.0 mi
  • Five Mile Pond Park: 1.1 mi
  • Library Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Minechoag Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Jefferson Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Facing Rock: 5.0 mi
  • High Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Mount Marcy: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 44
Gardens: 42
Artworks: 31
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cascade: 14.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Waterfall: 21.2 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic: 23.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 8.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Cottage Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNW 309°363 m9.4 mi
Mount NorwottockN 358°337 m10.3 mi
DeadtopNW 314°333 m9.8 mi
Moon MountainSE 127°330 m9.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSE 149°323 m9.8 mi
Pine MountainSE 146°319 m9.4 mi
Whiting PeakNW 316°305 m10.0 mi
Bald MountainSSE 147°303 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3616:22

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, 11 mi away.

  • pitch pine16 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly13 obs
  • Blue Jay8 obs
  • Canada Goose7 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • Mourning Dove5 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk5 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29855995

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