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West Cemetery

West Cemetery from directly overhead

West Cemetery is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Kendrick Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.

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Coordinates42.37909, -72.51826

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kendrick Park: 0.1 mi
  • Community Field: 0.2 mi
  • North Common: 0.3 mi
  • Haigis Mall: 0.6 mi
  • War Memorial: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 0.4 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 0.8 mi
  • Old Chapel: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Castor: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Warner: 2.7 mi
  • Flat Hills: 2.7 mi
  • Pulpit Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Orient: 3.1 mi
Museums: 56
Attractions: 43
  • War Memorial Pool: 0.2 mi
  • Timber Frame: 11.4 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 12.4 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 12.9 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
  • Titans Piazza: 7.3 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 10.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 13.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 6.9 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Bear's Den Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 14.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of West Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TobyN 353°386 m7.6 mi
Brushy MountainNNE 21°380 m7.0 mi
Mount LincolnESE 102°375 m5.0 mi
Pine HillE 84°371 m5.9 mi
Morse HillNNE 25°366 m8.8 mi
Roaring MountainN 356°356 m7.3 mi
East HillESE 115°338 m7.1 mi
Mount NorwottockS 176°337 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:21

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel446 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle330 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee296 obs
  • American Robin268 obs
  • Mallard258 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage253 obs
  • Western Honey Bee250 obs
  • Canada Goose233 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/29908842

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