Conservation Area
Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Morse Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 6.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 10.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 4.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall · 8 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 9 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
- Summit House · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Morse Hill: 0.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Ames Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Mineral: 1.9 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.6 mi
- Old Peach Orchard Homeowners: 1.0 mi
- Old Peach Orchard Homeowners: 1.2 mi
- Old Peach Orchard Homeowners: 1.2 mi
- Old Peach Orchard Homeowners: 1.2 mi
- Morse Hill (Spencer) Cr: 1.5 mi
- Town Common: 5.2 mi
- Town Common: 5.3 mi
- Cushman Common: 5.7 mi
- Sunderland Town Park: 6.3 mi
- Mill River Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 6.8 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 7.2 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 7.2 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Old Chapel: 7.6 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 3.5 mi
- Old Academy Building: 6.0 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 7.5 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 7.6 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 7.9 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 8.5 mi
- Path Continues: 8.9 mi
- Path Continues: 8.9 mi
- Path Continues: 9.0 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- North Garden: 5.9 mi
- South Garden: 5.9 mi
- Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 7.5 mi
- Roaring Falls: 4.0 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 4.1 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 6.0 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 6.0 mi
- The Sanctuary: 7.6 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 7.4 mi
- Metawampe: 7.5 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 7.6 mi
- Quinnipiac: 7.7 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 7.7 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.8 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.9 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 13.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 14.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 7.3 mi
- Hobo Falls: 12.8 mi
- Doane's Falls: 16.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 17.0 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 17.2 mi
- Rd: 22.5 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 22.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.6 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 23.3 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Hill | NNW 345° | 423 m | 4.5 mi |
| Orcutt Hill | NE 43° | 394 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 8° | 389 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Toby | W 276° | 386 m | 4.7 mi |
| Packard Mountain | ESE 106° | 386 m | 4.9 mi |
| Poor Farm Hill | ENE 72° | 384 m | 5.3 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | WSW 248° | 380 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | S 172° | 375 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29855920
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 8 mi
- Deerfield · 9 mi
- Gill · 11 mi
- Greenfield · 11 mi
- Hadley · 12 mi
- Charlemont · 14 mi
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