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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Brushy Mountain stands 380 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservaion Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.34372, -72.51797

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Castor: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Pollux: 1.3 mi
  • Devils Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Nibble Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Norwottock: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • South Amherst Common: 0.7 mi
  • Groff Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial Field: 1.7 mi
  • Pratt Field: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.5 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.1 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.1 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Old Chapel: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 52
  • War Memorial Pool: 2.5 mi
  • Timber Frame: 10.1 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 10.6 mi
  • World War II Tank: 14.1 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 34
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 11
  • Sandy Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 5.3 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 22.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 12.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brushy MountainNNE 15°380 m9.3 mi
Mount LincolnENE 74°375 m5.0 mi
Pine HillENE 63°371 m6.6 mi
East HillE 95°338 m6.4 mi
Mount NorwottockS 172°337 m2.7 mi
Prescott HillENE 64°336 m9.6 mi
DeadtopSW 226°333 m9.0 mi
Juckett HillE 101°327 m7.2 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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29906771

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