Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill rises to 336 m in Massachusetts. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the northeast, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigpen Ledges, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020029, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 336 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 11.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 2.0 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 8 mi
- view to west · 14 mi
- Summit House · 17 mi
- stone post view · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Millers Falls Riverfront Public Access: 3.6 mi
- Town Common: 4.6 mi
- Sunderland Town Park: 5.8 mi
- Northfield Mountain Riverview Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Riverfront Park: 6.4 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 7.0 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 9.7 mi
- Hazel's Park: 9.8 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 9.9 mi
- Stoddard Hill: 1.1 mi
- Dry Hill: 1.3 mi
- Stacy Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.7 mi
- Harvey Hill: 1.7 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 5.4 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 6.2 mi
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 6.8 mi
- Old Academy Building: 8.0 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 9.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 1.0 mi
- Watershed Protection Area: 1.6 mi
- Sawmill River Cons. Area: 1.8 mi
- Dan Glazier Forest: 2.2 mi
- Howard Cons. Area: 2.2 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 6.3 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 6.6 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 7.3 mi
- Path Continues: 8.5 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 10.4 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- North Garden: 7.9 mi
- South Garden: 7.9 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 9.8 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 10.0 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 0.4 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 3.0 mi
- Roaring Falls: 3.3 mi
- The Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Buoux Buttress: 5.1 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 8.3 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 9.6 mi
- Metawampe: 9.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 9.9 mi
- Julius Erving: 9.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.9 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 8.0 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.8 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 16.0 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 8.0 mi
- Hobo Falls: 9.8 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 14.4 mi
- Doane's Falls: 16.5 mi
- Spirit Falls: 17.2 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 19.5 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Day Use Area: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Hill | NE 35° | 423 m | 1.3 mi |
| Orcutt Hill | E 88° | 394 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NE 36° | 389 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Toby | SW 225° | 386 m | 3.9 mi |
| Packard Mountain | SE 125° | 386 m | 8.1 mi |
| Poor Farm Hill | ESE 103° | 384 m | 7.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | S 170° | 380 m | 3.8 mi |
| Locks Hill | E 99° | 372 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 609133 — Chestnut Hill, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358270539
Day trips start here
- Deerfield · 6 mi
- Gill · 7 mi
- Greenfield · 7 mi
- Amherst · 10 mi
- Charlemont · 11 mi
- Erving · 11 mi
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