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Cold Spring Preserve

Cold Spring Preserve from directly overhead

Cold Spring Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bullock Ledge Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA runs past it.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.70230, -73.22190

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Stone Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Bee Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Buxton Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Birch Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Phelps Knoll: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Denison Park: 0.9 mi
  • Field Park: 1.0 mi
  • Science Quad: 1.1 mi
  • Currier Quad: 1.2 mi
  • Margaret Lindley Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 34
Waterfalls: 27
  • Haley Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Money Brook Falls: 3.9 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Peck's Falls: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Thomas Schütte Crystal: 0.3 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 0.5 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 0.6 mi
  • The Wind Chimes: 3.0 mi
  • C.A.V.U. (Skyspace): 5.3 mi
Attractions: 13
Gardens: 12
  • Buxton Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Troy Botanical Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Meditation Gardens: 23.3 mi
  • Tenth Street Community Garden: 23.4 mi
  • Ninth Street Community Garden: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 7
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 20.7 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Cold Spring Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockSSE 148°1,063 m5.3 mi
Saddle Ball MountainSSE 164°985 m6.1 mi
Mount FitchSE 136°945 m4.5 mi
Mount WilliamsSE 126°901 m4.0 mi
Scrub HillNE 39°883 m9.1 mi
Berlin MountainWSW 258°853 m3.3 mi
Blackpoll MountainE 82°838 m9.3 mi
The DomeNNE 26°836 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1619:5220:35
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2115:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455665696861493930
Precip in2.52.03.13.13.74.44.14.54.24.33.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Adams Harriman AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29687321

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