Poet’s Seat Tower
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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Greenfield Middle School and Garden Cinemas.
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 Tower.
Garden Cinemas
Movie theater
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Garden Cinemas is a movie theater, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Poet’s Seat Tower.
John W. Olver Transit Center
Bus station
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The John W. Olver Transit Center, also called the JWO Transit Center, is an intermodal transit hub for Franklin County, Massachusetts. Located in Greenfield, it currently serves Franklin Regional Transit Authority local bus routes plus intercity bus service. John W. Olver Transit Center is situated 1 mile southwest of Poet’s Seat Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montague City and Greenfield.
Greenfield
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 Tower.
Poet’s Seat Tower
- Type: Monument
- Wheelchair access: no
- Categories: fixed construction, building, and historic site
- Location: Franklin, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.59462° or 42° 35′ 41″ northLongitude
-72.58654° or 72° 35′ 12″ westLevels
4Open location code
87J9HCV7+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 213368059OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q7207418
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Poet’s Seat Tower” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ポエッツ・シート・タワー”
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Highlights include Beacon Field and Greenield Bocce Court.
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