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Mount Wilcox

Mount Wilcox, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Wilcox rises to 642 m in Massachusetts. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Livermore Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 5.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49055187, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
642 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21926, -73.26622

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Livermore Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Sky Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Beartown Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Cobble Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Beartown Mountain: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • Town Park: 3.6 mi
  • Fountain Pond Park: 3.7 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 3.9 mi
  • South Lee Park: 4.1 mi
  • John P Tracey Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • ca 1750s Cellar Hole of Rev. Adonijah Bidwell: 2.4 mi
  • McCollum Cellar Hole: 2.5 mi
  • Old Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Old Barn Foundation: 2.5 mi
  • Chimney and foundation of old 19th century Sugar House: 2.6 mi
Museums: 36
Waterfalls: 32
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 13
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 4.1 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 10.4 mi
  • Corps Wall: 14.4 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 14.5 mi
  • Grotto: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
Springs: 4
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 16.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Mount Wilcox. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainNE 41°675 m8.4 mi
Becket MountainNE 47°663 m8.4 mi
Bald TopNNE 33°624 m9.7 mi
Wadsworth HillENE 61°606 m9.9 mi
Dorman MountainENE 73°595 m5.7 mi
Tom Ball MountainWNW 297°588 m7.7 mi
Sky HillNNE 30°585 m2.1 mi
Kingsbury MountainE 91°581 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5120:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358269839

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