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Forest Park

Forest Park from directly overhead

Forest Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Flag Pole, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Springfield Parks and Recreation Department
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.07243, -72.56557

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Flag Pole: 0.5 mi
  • Bliss Park: 0.9 mi
  • Laurel Park: 1.0 mi
  • Entry Dingle Brook Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mary Shea Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions: 45
Waterfalls: 27
  • Cascade: 12.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 9.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 9.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 9.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 4.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillESE 114°332 m11.8 mi
Moon MountainE 90°330 m10.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 109°323 m8.6 mi
Bald MountainSE 125°322 m9.7 mi
Pine MountainESE 104°319 m8.6 mi
Soapstone MountainSE 135°315 m11.1 mi
Bald MountainESE 106°303 m8.8 mi
Perkins MountainESE 113°298 m8.6 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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian bittersweet40 obs
  • Norway maple35 obs
  • Mallard33 obs
  • eastern white pine33 obs
  • alder buckthorn30 obs
  • American Robin27 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage26 obs
  • staghorn sumac26 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29907093

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