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Dyer Conservation Area

Dyer Conservation Area from directly overhead

Dyer Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Walnut Hill stands 432 m to the west-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.37098, -72.58429

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Warner: 1.0 mi
  • Kings Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Nibble Hill: 3.4 mi
  • The Rocks: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Castor: 4.1 mi
Parks
  • North Hadley Field: 1.3 mi
  • UMass Amherst Sunwheel: 2.4 mi
  • South Athletic Field: 2.8 mi
  • Elwell State Park: 3.0 mi
  • Pratt Field: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Chapel: 3.1 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.4 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 3.9 mi
Museums: 56
Gardens: 34
Attractions: 32
  • War Memorial Pool: 3.6 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 11.5 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 12.2 mi
  • Timber Frame: 13.9 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 14.9 mi
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
  • Titans Piazza: 5.5 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 11.9 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 15.0 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Sandy Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 4.8 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 6.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 21.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 12.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Dyer Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walnut HillWNW 299°432 m8.3 mi
Dry HillNW 310°396 m8.1 mi
Mount TobyNNE 16°386 m8.4 mi
Mount LincolnE 93°375 m8.2 mi
Petticoat HillW 275°359 m8.2 mi
Roaring MountainNNE 20°356 m8.4 mi
Carey HillWNW 295°351 m8.1 mi
Mount NorwottockSE 140°337 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1419:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:50
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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29913258

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