Brace Conservation Restriction
Brace Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 19.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 5 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 20 mi
- Waterfall · 21 mi
- Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Wellfields: 0.6 mi
- Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Bay Road Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Fortier Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Long Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 1.0 mi
- Mount Pollux: 1.7 mi
- Devils Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bare Mountain: 2.1 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.0 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.9 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.9 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 5.1 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 5.5 mi
- South Amherst Common: 2.6 mi
- Lake Vale Cemetery: 2.8 mi
- Aldrich Field: 3.3 mi
- Groff Park: 3.9 mi
- Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 5.2 mi
- Timber Frame: 7.8 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 9.2 mi
- World War II Tank: 12.1 mi
- SSG 102: 13.3 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 2.2 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 2.4 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 4.7 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 4.7 mi
- Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 2.5 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 2.6 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 4.6 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 2.4 mi
- Robert Frost: 4.6 mi
- Quinnipiac: 5.9 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 6.0 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 6.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 5.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.1 mi
- Roaring Falls: 12.8 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 14.5 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 5.9 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.7 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.8 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 9.3 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 18.3 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.6 mi
- Cascade: 23.9 mi
- Glendale Falls: 24.5 mi
- Rd: 11.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Brace Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NE 41° | 375 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 38° | 371 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 241° | 363 m | 9.2 mi |
| East Hill | ENE 68° | 338 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | W 268° | 337 m | 1.0 mi |
| Prescott Hill | NE 47° | 336 m | 9.9 mi |
| Deadtop | WSW 245° | 333 m | 8.6 mi |
| Juckett Hill | ENE 78° | 327 m | 5.9 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 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/753704597
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 5 mi
- South Hadley · 5 mi
- Hadley · 6 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 6 mi
- Northampton · 7 mi
- Holyoke · 10 mi
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