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Elwell State Park

Elwell State Park from directly overhead

Elwell State Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Battlecock Hill stands 442 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Connecticut River Greenway Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
33 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.33965, -72.62381

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sheldon Field: 0.8 mi
  • Agnes Fox Field: 1.0 mi
  • Childs Park: 1.5 mi
  • Pulaski Park: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Field: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Round Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Baker Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Holyoke: 3.2 mi
  • Nibble Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Kings Hill: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 53
Gardens: 41
  • Phoenix Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Capen Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Rock Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 33
  • War Memorial Pool: 6.2 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 9.3 mi
  • World War II Tank: 13.4 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 14.3 mi
  • Timber Frame: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 30
  • C3: 1.1 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 4.8 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 5.6 mi
  • John Calipari: 5.8 mi
  • Marcus Camby: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 11
  • Sandy Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 2.6 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Waterfall: 22.4 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 10.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Elwell State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Battlecock HillWNW 292°442 m8.2 mi
Kidds LookoutW 278°438 m8.4 mi
Walnut HillNW 320°432 m8.1 mi
Walcott HillWNW 300°396 m8.2 mi
Dry HillNNW 330°396 m8.4 mi
Bascom HillWNW 281°375 m7.6 mi
Tob HillWSW 258°373 m8.3 mi
Old Wolf HillWNW 286°371 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel127 obs
  • lesser celandine119 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk108 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail84 obs
  • House Sparrow70 obs
  • American Robin66 obs
  • Greater celandine64 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee60 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/24439492

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