Broad Brook Meadows Conservation Area
Broad Brook Meadows Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Nonotuck Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 10 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1996-10-11
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 10.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 27.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 5 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 25 mi
- view to west · 26 mi
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nonotuck Park: 0.6 mi
- Daley Field: 1.1 mi
- John Bator Park: 1.4 mi
- Lower Mill Pond Park: 1.8 mi
- Main Street Park: 1.9 mi
- Mount Tom: 0.6 mi
- Deadtop: 0.9 mi
- Whiting Peak: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.6 mi
- Boruchowski Parcel: 0.7 mi
- White Brook Plains Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- White Brook Plains Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area: 1.0 mi
- Brickyard Brook Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 0.8 mi
- First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 2.8 mi
- Erie Ruins: 3.0 mi
- Eyrie House: 3.0 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Wistariahurst Museum: 3.6 mi
- Old Firehouse Museum: 3.7 mi
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame: 3.9 mi
- Holyoke Children's Museum: 3.9 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 4.4 mi
- Northampton Community Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Student Garden: 4.6 mi
- Systematics Garden: 5.0 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 5.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 5.1 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 1.4 mi
- Lady Liberty: 3.7 mi
- C3: 5.5 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 8.3 mi
- Westfield is Fantastic: 9.3 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 3.9 mi
- World War II Tank: 7.7 mi
- Springfield Museums: 10.5 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 10.5 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 11.8 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 13.6 mi
- Waterfall: 16.6 mi
- Glendale Falls: 17.3 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 19.6 mi
- Balance Rock Cascades: 21.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 4.4 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.6 mi
- Roaring Falls: 18.2 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 21.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 24.0 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 4.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.6 mi
- David Musante Beach: 7.8 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 10.6 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 13.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.6 mi
- Rd: 3.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Broad Brook Meadows Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | WNW 302° | 468 m | 9.1 mi |
| Dry Hill | NW 309° | 454 m | 9.5 mi |
| Spruce Hill | WNW 300° | 438 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cub Hill | WNW 295° | 424 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bungy Mountain | W 260° | 405 m | 7.8 mi |
| Fisher Hill | WNW 285° | 400 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bascom Hill | NW 324° | 375 m | 9.7 mi |
| Tob Hill | NW 306° | 373 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29908802
Day trips start here
- Holyoke · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 5 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 5 mi
- Hadley · 7 mi
- Ludlow · 11 mi
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