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Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Walnut Hill rises to 360 m in Massachusetts. Adams Mountain stands 636 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Hill Woods, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49087451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
360 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.60437, -72.79167

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Putnam Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Johnson Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Lone Tree Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Snow Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Goodnow Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Field: 2.9 mi
  • Ball Park: 5.1 mi
  • Belding Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Field Field: 5.2 mi
  • Hail to the Sunrise Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 39
  • Buckland Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Browning Bench Agricultural Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Memorial Hall Museum: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 14
  • Tannery Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Twin Cascade: 11.9 mi
  • Lower Peck's Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Peck's Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Cascade on South Brook: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Bridge of Flowers: 2.6 mi
  • rock scramble: 3.7 mi
  • hole in wall: 3.7 mi
  • Wolves Den: 3.8 mi
  • rock overhang: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Campers Beach: 16.3 mi
  • The Ledges: 16.5 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Green Mountain Beach: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Walnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Adams MountainNW636 m7.6 mi
Parker HillWSW617 m5.8 mi
Todd MountainNW579 m7.5 mi
Legate HillNW562 m7.1 mi
Hawks MountainW562 m7.2 mi
Pocumtuck MountainNNE561 m3.4 mi
Peter HillSSW557 m5.3 mi
Burnt HillN547 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1419:5020:33
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1915:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129415160646357453626

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Hawley, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 608256 — Walnut Hill, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358270101

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