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Provin Mountain

Provin Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Provin Mountain rises to 159 m in Massachusetts. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bannish Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 11 miles off.

The story

Provin Mountain is a very narrow traprock mountain ridge located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. It is part of the Metacomet Ridge which extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Provin Mountain is known for its scenic cliffs, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. It is traversed by the 114 mile (183 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail.

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Wikidata Q3408308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
159 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.07787, -72.70648

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Ridgeview Park: 1.4 mi
  • Still Brook Park: 2.0 mi
  • Sacred Heart Field: 2.2 mi
  • Benjamin Wade Park: 2.7 mi
  • Whalley Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • World War I Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Soldiers Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Rock of Pearl Harbor: 4.0 mi
  • Commemorative Brick Plaza: 4.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.2 mi
Artworks
  • Freedom Eagle: 3.1 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 3.3 mi
  • Epiphany: 4.0 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 4.1 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Providence Arboretum: 4.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Grandmothers' Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Arboretum: 5.1 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 41
  • New England Sky Screamer: 5.3 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 6.4 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 6.4 mi
  • World War II Tank: 7.7 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Lost Acres Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Waterfall: 10.6 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Enders Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Enders Falls: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.5 mi
  • Rd: 8.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Provin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetman MountainWNW 282°446 m9.6 mi
Holden HillW 278°412 m9.8 mi
Winchell MountainW 262°403 m10.1 mi
South MountainWSW 255°357 m8.8 mi
Cobble MountainWNW 288°351 m9.7 mi
Drake MountainWNW 285°350 m7.0 mi
Bad Luck MountainW 271°347 m8.3 mi
Shatterack MountainNW 320°347 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358268695

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