Connecticut River Greenway State Park
Connecticut River Greenway State Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the east-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Beach Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1994-05-23
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 18.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 21.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 1 mi
- Waterfall · 21 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 21 mi
- view to west · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Beach Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Sheperds Island: 0.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach Natural Heritage Area: 0.5 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.5 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.6 mi
- Mount Holyoke: 1.1 mi
- Nibble Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 2.2 mi
- Dry Brook Hill: 2.7 mi
- Round Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sheldon Field: 2.1 mi
- Pulaski Park: 2.5 mi
- Elwell State Park: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Field: 2.6 mi
- Agnes Fox Field: 2.6 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 3.0 mi
- Eyrie House: 3.1 mi
- Erie Ruins: 3.1 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 3.2 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 4.2 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 1.7 mi
- Historic Northampton: 2.2 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 2.6 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 2.7 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 3.0 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 1.9 mi
- Capen Garden: 2.7 mi
- Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 2.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.8 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 5.6 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 7.8 mi
- World War II Tank: 11.8 mi
- Timber Frame: 12.7 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 14.7 mi
- C3: 2.4 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 2.7 mi
- Robert Frost: 5.1 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 5.5 mi
- John Calipari: 5.7 mi
- Titans Piazza: 1.9 mi
- Indian Leap: 11.9 mi
- Roaring Falls: 12.4 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 15.4 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 18.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 1.1 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 1.4 mi
- David Musante Beach: 6.7 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.7 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 18.0 mi
- Glendale Falls: 19.6 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 20.4 mi
- Waterfall: 22.6 mi
- Rd: 9.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 9.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 9.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Connecticut River Greenway State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | ENE 69° | 375 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 212° | 363 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | ESE 102° | 337 m | 3.9 mi |
| Deadtop | SW 214° | 333 m | 5.3 mi |
| Unquomonk Hill | WNW 298° | 330 m | 8.9 mi |
| West Hill | ENE 78° | 324 m | 8.5 mi |
| Whiting Peak | SW 215° | 305 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ESE 109° | 301 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 5 mi away.
- red trillium93 obs
- bloodroot84 obs
- red columbine71 obs
- pink lady's slipper61 obs
- red-berried elder60 obs
- Herb Robert58 obs
- Virginia saxifrage56 obs
- Solomon's plume51 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29907189
Day trips start here
- Pioneer Valley · 1 mi
- Hadley · 2 mi
- Northampton · 2 mi
- South Hadley · 4 mi
- Amherst · 5 mi
- Holyoke · 8 mi
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