Editing Southwick, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Provin Mountain.jpg|thumb|right|View from [[Provin Mountain]] over the Southwick countryside (along the [[Metacomet-Monadnock Trail]])]]
[[File:Hart's Pond from Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, July 2013.jpg|thumb|left|267x267px|The M&M Trail skirts Harts Pond and its associated wetland before ascending to Provin Mountain.]]

Southwick is the southernmost town in western [[Massachusetts]], as a result of the "jog" in the Massachusetts-Connecticut border (see [[History of Massachusetts#Southwick Jog|History of Massachusetts: Connecticut border]]). Southwick is bordered on the north by [[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]], on the east by [[Agawam, Massachusetts]] and [[Suffield, Connecticut]], on the south by Suffield and [[Granby, Connecticut]], and on the west by Granby and by [[Granville, Massachusetts]].

[[U.S. Route 202 in Massachusetts|U.S. Route 202]] (College Highway) crosses the town, leading north from the town center {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Westfield and south {{convert|7|mi|0}} to Granby, Connecticut. [[Massachusetts Route 57]] crosses Southwick east to west, leading east {{convert|12|mi}} to downtown [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] and west into [[the Berkshires]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town of Southwick has a total area of {{convert|82.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|79.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|2.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 2.63%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2501365825| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Southwick town, Hampden County, Massachusetts| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=August 4, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213160935/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2501365825| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The {{Convert|114|mi|adj=on}} [[Metacomet-Monadnock Trail]] (a hiking trail) passes through wetlands near Harts Pond before ascending over [[Provin Mountain]], a [[trap rock]] ridge and cliff line that forms the eastern border of Southwick. [[Provin Mountain]] is part of the [[Metacomet Ridge]], a mountainous trap rock ridgeline that stretches from [[Long Island Sound]] to near the [[Vermont]] border.