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Cave Hill Conservation Area

Cave Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Cave Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingraham Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 5.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2014
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Leverett Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.49458, -72.50159

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Ellamoose Repose: 0.4 mi
  • Stoddard Hill Cons. Area: 0.9 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Long Plain Road Cons. Area: 1.0 mi
  • Doolittle Brook Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
Parks
  • Sunderland Town Park: 3.7 mi
  • Herlihy Park: 5.3 mi
  • South Deerfield Common: 5.5 mi
  • Cushman Common: 5.6 mi
  • Mill River Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 7.3 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Old Chapel: 7.4 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 7.6 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 8.0 mi
Museums: 44
Attractions: 30
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 6.3 mi
  • War Memorial Pool: 8.0 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 8.1 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 9.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 23
Cliffs: 20
  • Roaring Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 2.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 5.5 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 5.5 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 17
Beaches: 12
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 14.2 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Bear's Den Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 22.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 22.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Cave Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry HillNNE 27°423 m3.8 mi
Orcutt HillENE 67°394 m6.7 mi
Bear MountainNNE 31°389 m7.5 mi
Mount TobyWSW 256°386 m1.9 mi
Packard MountainESE 107°386 m7.9 mi
Poor Farm HillE 85°384 m8.0 mi
Brushy MountainSE 132°380 m2.2 mi
Locks HillENE 71°372 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4920:32
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212334465867727062503828
Precip in3.43.03.73.73.84.64.54.74.74.93.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/915957519

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