Conservation Area
Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is The Meadows Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2007-07-13
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Belchertown Conservation Commission
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 20.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 7 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 21 mi
- Waterfall · 21 mi
- Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Meadows Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Warren Wright Road Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 1.7 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- Lake Vale Cemetery: 1.0 mi
- Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 1.8 mi
- Foley Field: 2.3 mi
- Town Common: 2.7 mi
- Parsons Field: 3.0 mi
- Pond Hill: 1.2 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Raves Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 3.1 mi
- Turkey Hill: 3.3 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 4.1 mi
- Winsor Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 6.1 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 6.5 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 6.5 mi
- Timber Frame: 5.7 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 6.8 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 10.1 mi
- SSG 102: 11.4 mi
- World War II Tank: 12.4 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 2.6 mi
- Stone House Museum: 2.8 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 4.3 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 4.6 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 4.6 mi
- Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 4.8 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 6.2 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 4.6 mi
- Robert Frost: 6.2 mi
- Quinnipiac: 7.5 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 7.6 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 7.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 7.5 mi
- Indian Leap: 9.4 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 13.3 mi
- Roaring Falls: 14.0 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 7.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 7.9 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 8.5 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 9.1 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 9.2 mi
- Rd: 12.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.5 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.5 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 18.3 mi
- Cascade: 22.5 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 24.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NNE 17° | 375 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 21° | 371 m | 6.9 mi |
| East Hill | NE 46° | 338 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | WNW 285° | 337 m | 3.1 mi |
| Prescott Hill | NE 34° | 336 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 36° | 335 m | 9.7 mi |
| Juckett Hill | ENE 61° | 327 m | 4.3 mi |
| West Hill | NNE 24° | 324 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:36 | 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 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/868770847
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 7 mi
- South Hadley · 7 mi
- Hadley · 8 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 8 mi
- Ludlow · 9 mi
- Northampton · 9 mi
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