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Tekoa Mountain

Tekoa Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tekoa Mountain rises to 286 m in Massachusetts. Walnut Hill stands 505 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Strathmore Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 2.0 miles off.

The story

Tekoa Mountain, 1,121 feet (342 m), is a dramatic, rocky high point overlooking the Westfield River Gorge at the eastern edge of the Berkshire plateau in the towns of Montgomery and Russell, Massachusetts, USA. Tekoa Mountain, very prominent from the "Jacob's Ladder" section of U.S. Route 20 in the town of Russell, is not a true mountain but a cleaver jutting from a dissected plateau; it was produced by glacial action and through continuous erosion by the Westfield River and Moose Meadow Brook before and after the last ice age. With nearby Shatterack Mountain, another cleaver, Tekoa Mountain forms a 700 ft (210 m) high knobby cliff face and gorge wall along the northeast side of the Westfield River as it plunges from the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts into the Connecticut River Valley. Much of the face of Tekoa Mountain is barren or populated by sparse tree cover exacerbated by frequent fires which support partially fire-dependent tree species such as pitch pine and scrub oak. The mountain is also the habitat of the New England cottontail, a species in decline in Massachusetts. Tekoa Mountain has been targeted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Connecticut River Valley conservation plan as a "high priority" ecosystem.

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Wikidata Q7695475, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
286 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18342, -72.82121

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Strathmore Park: 0.8 mi
  • Town Park: 1.6 mi
  • Town Park: 1.7 mi
  • Town Park: 1.9 mi
  • Town Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Shatterack Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Nero: 1.4 mi
  • Ball Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Turtle Bend Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Grindstone Mountain: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 40
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 4.5 mi
  • Arboretum: 4.5 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 31
  • The Globe: 3.8 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 4.6 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 5.3 mi
  • Epiphany: 5.4 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Waterfall: 7.6 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 12.2 mi
  • cascade: 13.3 mi
  • cascade: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 25
  • state boundary marker: 10.9 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 11.0 mi
  • World War II Tank: 12.1 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 13.2 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Titans Piazza: 13.6 mi
  • Corps Wall: 14.7 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 14.8 mi
  • Grotto: 14.8 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Babbs Beach: 11.2 mi
  • County Beach: 11.7 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 15.2 mi
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.5 mi
  • Rd: 8.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Tekoa Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walnut HillW 274°505 m8.9 mi
Dug HillWNW 285°486 m6.3 mi
Green HillWNW 297°456 m7.1 mi
Liberty HillSW 220°448 m8.5 mi
Beech HillWSW 247°447 m8.1 mi
Sunset HillW 265°446 m5.2 mi
Sweetman MountainSSW 213°446 m6.3 mi
Spruce HillN 7°438 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 608507 — Tekoa Mountain, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358270234

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