page_title: Southwick, Massachusetts
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Southwick, Massachusetts / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Provin Mountain ledge. Southwick, Massachusetts. 2001. By Paul Gagnon
context_page_description: Southwick is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,502 at the 2010 census, up from 8,835 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: As described above, Southwick is the southernmost town in western Massachusetts, as a result of the "jog" in the Massachusetts-Connecticut border. (See History of Massachusetts: Connecticut border) Southwick is bordered on the north by 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 (College Highway) crosses the town, leading north from the town center 5 miles (8 km) to Westfield and south 7 miles (11 km) to Granby, Connecticut. Massachusetts Route 57 crosses Southwick east to west, leading east 12 miles (19 km) to downtown Springfield and west into the Berkshires.
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Southwick has a total area of 31.7 square miles (82.0 km²), of which 30.8 square miles (79.8 km²) are land and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km²), or 2.63%, are water.
  The 114-mile (183 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail (a hiking trail) passes through wetlands near Harts Pond before ascending over Provin Mountain, a trap rock ridge and cliffline 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.
caption: View from Provin Mountain over the Southwick countryside (along the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail)
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