Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.7 square miles (82.1 km²), of which 31.0 square miles (80.2 km²) is land and 0.8 square mile (1.9 km²) (2.37%) is water.
As described above, Southwick is the southernmost town in western Massachusetts, as a result of a "jog" in the Massachusetts-Connecticut border. (See History of Massachusetts) Southwick is bordered on the north by Westfield, on the east by Agawam and Suffield, CT, on the south by Suffield, CT and Granby, CT, and on the west by Granby, CT and Granville.
The 110-mile Metacomet-Monadnock Trail (a hiking trail) passes 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.
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