Bear Swamp
Bear Swamp is a forested parkland in Ashfield, Massachusetts. The Trustees of Reservations owns and maintains the property. Although Bear Swamp was once a sheep pasture and later a source of cordwood and lumber, it now seems much like an untouched wilderness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Wetland
- Description: Parkland in Ashfield, Massachusetts
- Address: MA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Johns Episcopal Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashfield and Hawley.
Ashfield
Village
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Ashfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,695 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hawley
Hamlet
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Hawley is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 353 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Plainfield
Village
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Plainfield is a town on the northwestern edge of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, about 25 miles east of Pittsfield and 30 miles northwest of Northampton.
Bear Swamp
- Categories: protected area and body of water
- Location: Franklin, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.53592° or 42° 32′ 9″ northLongitude
-72.83108° or 72° 49′ 52″ westElevation
1,690 feet (515 metres)Open location code
87J9G5P9+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1112601074OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Bear Swamp” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bear Swamp (kalapukan sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts, Franklin County, lat 42,54, long -72,83)”
- Cebuano: “Bear Swamp”
- German: “Bear Swamp”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bear Swamp”. Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.