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Briar Hill Conservation Area

Briar Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Briar Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Brier Hill stands 530 m to the north-northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Merritts Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.44248, -72.76252

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Merritts Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Wing Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Moore Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Abbott Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Wildlife Blind: 1.9 mi
  • Goshen Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Angel Park: 3.9 mi
  • Field Field: 6.2 mi
  • Belding Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
Museums: 46
Gardens: 29
  • Hatfield Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Capen Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 10.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 21
  • 1950 Pontiac: 8.9 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 10.8 mi
  • Bridge of Flowers: 11.2 mi
  • hole in wall: 12.7 mi
  • rock overhang: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Roaring Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 13.4 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 15.0 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 17.8 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Glendale Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Tannery Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Twin Cascade: 20.3 mi
  • Cascade on South Brook: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 6.3 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.0 mi
  • Rd: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Briar Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brier HillNNW 334°530 m3.8 mi
Seventy Six HillNNW 331°530 m4.7 mi
Moore HillNW 325°517 m1.9 mi
Mollison HillWNW 286°488 m2.5 mi
Bear MountainWNW 304°466 m5.5 mi
Ram HillSSW 198°461 m3.6 mi
Shaw LedgesSSW 198°460 m6.0 mi
Abbott HillN 9°454 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:5020:32
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445563686659483728
Precip in4.03.64.24.34.25.14.64.54.85.64.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29912962

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