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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is North Maple Street Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1995/12/20
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.38639, -72.54900

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • South Athletic Field: 0.8 mi
  • UMass Amherst Sunwheel: 1.0 mi
  • Library Courtyard: 1.1 mi
  • Stockbridge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Engineering Quad: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Chapel: 1.1 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Warner: 1.2 mi
  • Kings Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Pulpit Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Castor: 3.3 mi
  • Flat Hills: 3.5 mi
Museums: 56
Attractions: 36
  • War Memorial Pool: 1.8 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.4 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 12.9 mi
  • Timber Frame: 13.0 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 34
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
  • Titans Piazza: 7.0 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 10.3 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 13.3 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 6.4 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Bear's Den Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 24.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 14.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TobyN 5°386 m7.1 mi
Brushy MountainNE 34°380 m7.3 mi
Mount LincolnESE 104°375 m6.6 mi
Pine HillE 89°371 m7.4 mi
Roaring MountainN 9°356 m6.9 mi
East HillESE 114°338 m8.7 mi
Mount NorwottockSSE 161°337 m5.9 mi
West HillESE 116°324 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4920:31
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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29911715

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