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Calkins Ave. Cons. Area

Calkins Ave. Cons. Area from directly overhead

Calkins Ave. Cons. Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Peck Hill stands 336 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Grove Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.06661, -72.51647

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Center Field: 0.3 mi
  • Center School Park: 0.4 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.0 mi
  • Albert Tranghese Playground: 1.1 mi
  • Treetop Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • McCarthy Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Hall Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Vision: 5.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Peak: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Attractions: 46
Waterfalls: 27
  • Cascade: 10.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 16.8 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 19.2 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic: 22.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 11.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Calkins Ave. Cons. Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peck HillE 95°336 m11.0 mi
Chestnut HillESE 118°332 m9.4 mi
Moon MountainE 87°330 m8.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 113°323 m6.1 mi
Bald MountainSE 134°322 m7.5 mi
Pine MountainESE 106°319 m6.0 mi
Soapstone MountainSE 144°315 m9.1 mi
Bald MountainESE 109°303 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29909024

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