Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Esleeck Cr
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Esleeck Cr is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Pocumtuck Mountain stands 561 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 1.1 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.62477, -72.63640
- 1.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 4.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 15.8 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- view to west · 4 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 5 mi
- Waterfall · 10 mi
- Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Esleeck Cr: 0.1 mi
- Leyden Woods: 0.9 mi
- Shelburne Road Conservation Land: 2.4 mi
- Industrial Land: 2.6 mi
- Westwood Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Shearer Hill: 1.3 mi
- Greenfield Mountain: 2.0 mi
- East Hill: 2.4 mi
- Shelburne Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bellows Hill: 2.8 mi
Parks
- Lunt Field: 2.5 mi
- Shattuck Park: 2.6 mi
- Hillside Park: 2.6 mi
- Greenfield Skate Park: 2.9 mi
- Veterans Mall: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 55
- Poet's Seat Tower: 3.3 mi
- Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 7.8 mi
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 11.5 mi
- Bee Hive Kiln: 13.1 mi
- Cellarhole: 13.6 mi
Museums: 35
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 4.2 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 5.4 mi
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 5.5 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 5.9 mi
- Buckland Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Introductory Buttress: 9.0 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 9.0 mi
- Main Wall: 9.1 mi
- Overhang Buttress: 9.1 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 20
- Just Roots Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- North Garden: 15.4 mi
- South Garden: 15.4 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 17.3 mi
Artworks: 19
- Greenfield Money Tree: 2.7 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 16.9 mi
- Jack Leaman: 17.0 mi
- Julius Erving: 17.0 mi
- John Calipari: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 19
- Greenfield Energy Park: 3.2 mi
- rock overhang: 4.3 mi
- Wolves Den: 4.4 mi
- hole in wall: 4.4 mi
- rock scramble: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Hobo Falls: 10.5 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 13.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 16.8 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 18.4 mi
- Tannery Falls: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 11
- Ashfield Town Beach: 10.5 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 15.5 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 15.6 mi
- The Ledges: 18.9 mi
- David Musante Beach: 19.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Green River Covered Bridge: 10.5 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Esleeck Cr. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocumtuck Mountain | WNW 285° | 561 m | 7.3 mi |
| Massamet Mountain | WSW 253° | 485 m | 4.3 mi |
| Moonshine Hill | WSW 243° | 458 m | 7.4 mi |
| Flag Mountain | SW 234° | 427 m | 6.5 mi |
| Houghton Hill | WNW 288° | 423 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Hope | NW 309° | 422 m | 4.3 mi |
| Patten Hill | W 274° | 418 m | 4.1 mi |
| Massaemett Mountain | W 265° | 417 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29908404
Day trips start here
- Gill · 3 mi
- Greenfield · 3 mi
- Charlemont · 4 mi
- Erving · 4 mi
- Montague · 4 mi
- Shelburne · 4 mi
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