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Conservation Commission Land

Conservation Commission Land from directly overhead

Conservation Commission Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Elliott Hill stands 359 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Donald Powers Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18976, -71.94046

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Path Continues: 0.8 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 0.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 1.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.3 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Long Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Ponnakin Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Flat Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Austin Hill: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Rochdale Park: 1.8 mi
  • Militia Lot: 1.9 mi
  • Ye Olde Commons: 2.2 mi
  • Meadow Lake Park: 2.3 mi
  • Dawn Acres Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 25
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 7.5 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 7.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Small House Garden: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 22
Museums: 20
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cargill Falls: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Conservation Commission Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elliott HillN 9°359 m6.4 mi
Cooper HillNNE 11°358 m7.3 mi
Howe HillNNE 15°352 m7.0 mi
Moose HillN 351°331 m6.2 mi
Long HillWNW 289°328 m1.3 mi
Little Mugget HillSW 227°328 m2.2 mi
Burncoat HillNNW 342°327 m3.9 mi
Prouty HillNNW 335°327 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4620:28
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29758710

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