Town Forest

Town Forest is a nature reserve in Hampden, Massachusetts. Town Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Mountain Park, as well as near the suburb Highlands.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Tom and Whiting Street Reservoir.

Mount Tom

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Mount Tom, 1,202 feet, is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Whiting Street Reservoir

Reservoir

Whiting Street Reservoir, often shortened as Whiting Reservoir a Class I hazard reservoir, is an auxiliary drinking supply for the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Dinosaur Footprints Reservation

Nature reserve

Photo: Smokeybjb, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dinosaur Footprints in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA is an 8-acre wilderness reservation purchased for the public in 1935 by The Trustees of Reservations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holyoke and Easthampton.

Holyoke

Photo: Simtropolitan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Holyoke is a city in the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts. It is a former mill city, which made a large chunk of the world's paper. It has interesting architecture and is close to many attractions.

Easthampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The city is in the Pioneer Valley, near the five colleges in the college towns of Northampton and Amherst. The population was 16,211 at the 2020 census.

Southampton

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

Southampton is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It was established first as a district of Northampton in 1732. It was incorporated in 1775.

Town Forest

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Hampden, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2299° or 42° 13′ 48″ north

Longitude

-72.6595° or 72° 39′ 34″ west

Open location code

87J968HR+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29908580

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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