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Coy Hill Wildlife Management Area

Coy Hill Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Coy Hill Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Ragged Hill stands 368 m to the north-northeast, 2.2 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25890, -72.20351

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • The Rock House: 0.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 4.9 mi
  • Path Continues?: 5.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.1 mi
Peaks
  • Coys Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Colonels Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Ragged Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Whortleberry Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Marks Mountain: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Grenville Park: 1.5 mi
  • Nenamesek Park: 1.9 mi
  • Veterans' Park: 2.0 mi
  • Memorial Field: 2.0 mi
  • Lucy Stone Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 51
Artworks: 39
Gardens: 32
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 12
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 23.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 17.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Bear's Den Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Cascade: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Coy Hill Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ragged HillNNE 26°368 m2.2 mi
Steerage RockS 188°367 m8.1 mi
Colonels MountainSW 223°362 m2.2 mi
Coys HillSSW 194°356 m0.9 mi
Tufts HillENE 57°351 m7.3 mi
Poverty HillN 2°348 m7.1 mi
Bell HillENE 76°336 m6.2 mi
Tower HillS 179°336 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29672699

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