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Aquifer Protection Area

Aquifer Protection Area from directly overhead

Aquifer Protection Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Dry Hill stands 396 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Warner, a peak 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1991
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37613, -72.57107

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Warner: 0.4 mi
  • Kings Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Nibble Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Mount Castor: 3.7 mi
  • The Rocks: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • North Hadley Field: 1.0 mi
  • UMass Amherst Sunwheel: 1.7 mi
  • South Athletic Field: 2.0 mi
  • Library Courtyard: 2.4 mi
  • Pratt Field: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Chapel: 2.4 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.7 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 3.1 mi
Museums: 56
Gardens: 34
Attractions: 32
  • War Memorial Pool: 2.9 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.9 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 12.0 mi
  • Timber Frame: 13.5 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 14.6 mi
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
  • Titans Piazza: 6.0 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 11.3 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 14.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Sandy Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 5.3 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 7.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 21.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 13.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Aquifer Protection Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry HillNW 305°396 m8.4 mi
Mount TobyNNE 12°386 m7.9 mi
Brushy MountainNE 37°380 m8.5 mi
Mount LincolnE 96°375 m7.6 mi
Pine HillE 85°371 m8.6 mi
Roaring MountainNNE 16°356 m7.8 mi
Mount NorwottockSSE 148°337 m5.8 mi
Unquomonk HillW 271°330 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1419:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:21

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29908116

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