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North Branch Park

North Branch Park from directly overhead

North Branch Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Merrill/Wrentham Bog, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.13459, -72.49863

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Merrill/Wrentham Bog: 0.1 mi
  • 5 Mile Pond Access: 0.6 mi
  • Grayson Kettle: 0.8 mi
  • Keddy Tracts: 0.8 mi
  • Keddy Tracts: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Five Mile Pond Park: 0.7 mi
  • Beauregard & Schiavina Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Five Mile Pond Park: 0.9 mi
  • North Branch Park: 0.9 mi
  • Greenleaf Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • McCarthy Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Mount Chapin: 4.6 mi
  • Mount Marcy: 4.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Minechoag Mountain: 4.8 mi
Gardens: 48
Attractions: 45
Artworks: 33
Waterfalls: 24
  • Cascade: 13.3 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Waterfall: 21.4 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 4.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic: 22.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 8.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 9.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of North Branch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNW 314°363 m10.6 mi
DeadtopNW 318°333 m11.1 mi
Moon MountainESE 121°330 m8.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSE 146°323 m8.4 mi
Bald MountainSSE 155°322 m10.8 mi
Pine MountainSE 142°319 m8.0 mi
Whiting PeakNW 320°305 m11.3 mi
Bald MountainSE 144°303 m8.4 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1615:3716:22

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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
  • American Robin32 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail17 obs
  • pitch pine17 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly16 obs
  • alder buckthorn13 obs
  • Mourning Dove12 obs
  • eastern white pine11 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/29909091

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