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Deer Hill State Reservation

Deer Hill State Reservation from directly overhead

Deer Hill State Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 528 m. Borden Mountain stands 761 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1990

What to expect

Operated by
DCR - Division Of State Parks And Recreation
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49356, -72.96250

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Deer Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Deer Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Bryant Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • West Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Bond Hill: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Notchview - Trustees of Reservations: 3.9 mi
  • Pettingill Field: 4.5 mi
  • Worthington Town Park: 6.3 mi
  • amphitheatre: 6.8 mi
  • Sports Field: 6.8 mi
Museums: 47
Artworks: 41
Gardens: 25
  • Flower Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Walled Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 20.3 mi
  • Hatfield Community Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 18
Waterfalls: 13
  • Tannery Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade on South Brook: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Peck's Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Peck's Falls: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Campers Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 14.9 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 22.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Borden MountainNNW 336°761 m8.1 mi
Judges HillWNW 296°702 m4.0 mi
Weston MountainW 281°685 m8.0 mi
Haskell HillSSW 214°680 m6.9 mi
French HillSW 219°675 m6.0 mi
North MountainWNW 284°665 m10.1 mi
Garnet HillSSW 210°663 m7.7 mi
Peru HillSW 230°661 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1519:5120:33
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1915:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129415160646357453626

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Hawley, 7 mi away.

  • purple pitcher plant16 obs
  • balsam fir12 obs
  • Rose Pogonia8 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander6 obs
  • common cowparsnip5 obs
  • alder buckthorn5 obs
  • colt's-foot5 obs
  • sensitive fern5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29849281

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