Connecticut River Access
Connecticut River Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the east, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Connecticut River Greenway State Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 4.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1987
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 10.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 1.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall · 8 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
- view to west · 10 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pocumtuck Rock: 1.6 mi
- Trap Rock Ledge: 1.8 mi
- Woolman Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.6 mi
- Temple Woods: 3.2 mi
- Highland Park: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Mountain Park: 3.8 mi
- Veterans Mall: 4.0 mi
- Greenfield Skate Park: 4.2 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 4.1 mi
- Old Chapel: 10.4 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 10.5 mi
- Mill River Dam: 11.2 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 2.1 mi
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 5.0 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 6.7 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 9.3 mi
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 10.0 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 2.2 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 3.9 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 8.7 mi
- rock overhang: 10.1 mi
- hole in wall: 10.1 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- North Garden: 8.5 mi
- South Garden: 8.5 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 10.5 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 3.7 mi
- Roaring Falls: 3.9 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 5.7 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 5.7 mi
- Introductory Buttress: 6.7 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 4.6 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 10.1 mi
- Julius Erving: 10.3 mi
- Jack Leaman: 10.3 mi
- Marcus Camby: 10.3 mi
- Hobo Falls: 10.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 12.0 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 15.4 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.8 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 8.6 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 8.7 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 12.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.4 mi
- David Musante Beach: 14.8 mi
- Rd: 24.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.2 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
- Day Use Area: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Connecticut River Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Hill | E 85° | 423 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ENE 64° | 389 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Toby | SSE 160° | 386 m | 3.7 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SE 133° | 380 m | 6.5 mi |
| Morse Hill | ESE 117° | 366 m | 6.7 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | SSE 155° | 356 m | 4.1 mi |
| Country Hill | ENE 70° | 344 m | 4.6 mi |
| Field Hill | WSW 243° | 341 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29911798
Day trips start here
- Deerfield · 2 mi
- Gill · 4 mi
- Greenfield · 4 mi
- Charlemont · 7 mi
- Erving · 7 mi
- Montague · 7 mi
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