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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Leslie Farm Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.32125, -72.49657

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.3 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.8 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.8 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 4.1 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • South Amherst Common: 1.5 mi
  • Groff Park: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 3.3 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 57
  • War Memorial Pool: 4.1 mi
  • Timber Frame: 8.4 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 9.8 mi
  • World War II Tank: 12.9 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 40
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Bear's Den Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Cascade: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 11.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNE 52°375 m4.8 mi
Pine HillNE 46°371 m6.6 mi
Mount TomSW 235°363 m9.5 mi
East HillE 80°338 m5.4 mi
Mount NorwottockSSW 214°337 m1.3 mi
Prescott HillNE 53°336 m9.4 mi
Mount PleasantNE 54°335 m10.0 mi
DeadtopWSW 238°333 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29905808

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