Bill Rivers Conservation Area
Bill Rivers Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lois and Joe Barnes Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 7.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 12.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 3.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall · 10 mi
- Overlook · 11 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 12 mi
- Summit House · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lois and Joe Barnes Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Stetson Adams Memorial Woodlot: 0.8 mi
- Doolittle Brook Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- 4-H Forest Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Mount Toby Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Joshua Hill: 1.0 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Ryans Hill: 1.5 mi
- Roaring Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Ingraham Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cushman Common: 3.6 mi
- Sunderland Town Park: 3.7 mi
- Mill River Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Brandywine Park: 4.4 mi
- Fraternity Park: 4.8 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 5.2 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Old Chapel: 5.4 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 5.5 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 5.9 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 0.9 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 5.3 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 5.4 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 6.1 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 6.2 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 5.9 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 8.0 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 10.0 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 10.9 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 11.0 mi
- North Garden: 3.5 mi
- South Garden: 3.5 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 5.4 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 5.5 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 5.7 mi
- Roaring Falls: 2.2 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 4.5 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 7.4 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 7.4 mi
- The Sanctuary: 9.4 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 5.2 mi
- Metawampe: 5.3 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 5.4 mi
- Julius Erving: 5.5 mi
- Jack Leaman: 5.5 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 3.5 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 3.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 12.4 mi
- David Musante Beach: 13.3 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 10.1 mi
- Hobo Falls: 14.2 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 18.8 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.6 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.7 mi
- Rd: 20.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Bill Rivers Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Hill | NNE 14° | 423 m | 5.7 mi |
| Orcutt Hill | NE 51° | 394 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Toby | NW 308° | 386 m | 2.7 mi |
| Packard Mountain | E 92° | 386 m | 7.3 mi |
| Poor Farm Hill | ENE 70° | 384 m | 8.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | ENE 63° | 380 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | SSE 152° | 375 m | 7.8 mi |
| Locks Hill | NE 51° | 372 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29912590
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 6 mi
- Deerfield · 8 mi
- Gill · 10 mi
- Greenfield · 10 mi
- Hadley · 10 mi
- Northampton · 12 mi
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