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Amethyst Brook Conservation Area

Amethyst Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Amethyst Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Amethyst Brook Labryinth, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.37798, -72.48213

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 0.2 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 0.6 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 1.8 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Amethyst Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
  • East Common: 1.0 mi
  • Community Field: 1.6 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 1.8 mi
  • West Cemetery: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Orient: 1.5 mi
  • Butter Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Grey Rocks: 1.6 mi
  • Poverty Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Flat Hills: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 56
  • War Memorial Pool: 1.7 mi
  • Timber Frame: 10.0 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 12.1 mi
  • Dead Man's Curve: 12.3 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 12.4 mi
Museums: 53
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 31
Cliffs: 19
  • Roaring Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 8.4 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 10.4 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 12.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 8.2 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear's Den Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 15.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Amethyst Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TobyNNW 340°386 m8.1 mi
Packard MountainNE 49°386 m8.7 mi
Brushy MountainN 5°380 m6.6 mi
Mount LincolnESE 108°375 m3.2 mi
Pine HillE 81°371 m4.1 mi
Morse HillNNE 13°366 m8.2 mi
Roaring MountainNNW 342°356 m7.7 mi
East HillESE 123°338 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856293

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