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Brown Cons Area (Abijah Lot)

Brown Cons Area (Abijah Lot) from directly overhead

Brown Cons Area (Abijah Lot) is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the south, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Steerage Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.14437, -72.21809

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Steerage Rock: 0.3 mi
  • West Mountain: 0.4 mi
  • Tower Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Fenton Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Cooks Mountain: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Town Common: 1.7 mi
  • Town Common: 1.8 mi
  • Tyler Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
  • Cutter Park: 4.9 mi
  • Warren Common: 4.9 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 3.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.7 mi
  • SSG 102: 5.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks: 56
Gardens: 32
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascade: 13.5 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Cascades: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 11.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 22.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Brown Cons Area (Abijah Lot). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillS 177°396 m8.8 mi
Mount PisgahSSW 193°379 m4.7 mi
Steerage RockWSW 249°367 m0.3 mi
Colonels MountainN 353°362 m6.4 mi
Mount HitchcockSSW 208°356 m4.6 mi
Coys HillN 4°356 m7.0 mi
Tupper HillSSW 200°352 m8.2 mi
Bear HillSSW 198°347 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465766716962504131
Precip in3.73.24.34.33.53.94.04.44.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Brimfield Lake, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29914782

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