Poet’s Seat

Poet’s Seat is a tower in Franklin, Massachusetts. Poet’s Seat is situated nearby to the park Beacon Field, as well as near the pitch Greenield Bocce Court.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Poet’s Seat Tower and Greenfield Middle School.

Poet’s Seat Tower

Monument

Poet's Seat Tower is a 1912 sandstone observation tower, located in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It was so named to honor a long tradition of poets being drawn to the spot, in particular, the local poet Frederick Goddard Tuckerman.

Greenfield Middle School

School

Greenfield is the county seat, and sole city, of Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Greenfield was first settled in 1686. The population was 17,768 at the 2020 census. Greenfield Middle School is situated 2,500 feet west of Poet’s Seat.

Garden Cinemas

Movie theater

Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Garden Cinemas is a movie theater, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Poet’s Seat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montague City and Greenfield.

Montague City

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montague City is a hamlet.

Greenfield

Photo: banspy, CC BY 2.0.

Greenfield is the county seat, and sole city, of Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Greenfield was first settled in 1686. The population was 17,768 at the 2020 census.

Turners Falls

Suburb

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Turners Falls is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,512 at the 2020 census. Turners Falls is situated 2 miles northeast of Poet’s Seat.

Poet’s Seat

Type: Tower
Location: Franklin, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.59465° or 42° 35′ 41″ north

Longitude

-72.58653° or 72° 35′ 12″ west

Elevation

472 feet (144 metres)

Open location code

87J9HCV7+V9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358270449

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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Notable Places Nearby

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