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Elf Meadow Conservation Area

Elf Meadow Conservation Area from directly overhead

Elf Meadow Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Holyoke Range State Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31859, -72.46833

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 2.0 mi
  • South Amherst Common: 2.4 mi
  • Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • Groff Park: 3.7 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.8 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 4.3 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.6 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.6 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 58
  • War Memorial Pool: 4.8 mi
  • Timber Frame: 7.0 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 10.6 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 13.1 mi
  • F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 13.3 mi
Museums: 54
Gardens: 36
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 14
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Cascade: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 12.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Elf Meadow Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNE 36°375 m3.9 mi
Pine HillNE 35°371 m5.8 mi
East HillENE 73°338 m4.0 mi
Mount NorwottockWSW 247°337 m2.4 mi
Prescott HillNE 46°336 m8.5 mi
Mount PleasantNE 47°335 m9.0 mi
DeadtopWSW 243°333 m10.0 mi
Juckett HillE 86°327 m4.6 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 solstice07:1615:3616:21

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29907057

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