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Dry Hill

Dry Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Dry Hill rises to 454 m in Massachusetts. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the south-southwest, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pisgah Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49025896, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
454 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.33287, -72.80371

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Mount Pisgah Preserve: 0.4 mi
  • Stevens Property: 1.4 mi
  • Lashway Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Old Wolf Hill Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
  • Mineral Hills Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Pisgah: 1.2 mi
  • Tob Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Spruce Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Kidds Lookout: 1.9 mi
  • Shaw Ledges: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Angel Park: 5.5 mi
  • Florence Fields Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
  • Maines Field: 6.8 mi
  • Arcanum Field: 6.8 mi
  • Goshen Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
Museums: 60
Historic sites
Gardens: 41
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 8.4 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Rock Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Capen Garden: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Guild Art Supply: 8.3 mi
  • C3: 8.8 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 13.2 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 13.9 mi
  • The Globe: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 22
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • Glendale Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Waterfall: 17.3 mi
  • falls: 20.4 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 10
  • David Musante Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 14.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.2 mi
  • Rd: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Dry Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahSSW 194°468 m1.2 mi
Ram HillNNE 13°461 m4.3 mi
Shaw LedgesN 9°460 m1.9 mi
Battlecock HillNNE 24°442 m3.9 mi
Spruce HillS 174°438 m1.8 mi
Kidds LookoutNNE 27°438 m1.9 mi
Walnut HillNNE 18°438 m5.6 mi
Oak HillNNW 333°436 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445563686659483728
Precip in4.03.64.24.34.25.14.64.54.85.64.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 608420 — Dry Hill, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358270183

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