Facing Rock Wildlife Conservation Easement
Facing Rock Wildlife Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Facing Hills, a peak 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2001-07-19
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 20.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 8 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 25 mi
- Waterfall · 26 mi
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Facing Hills: 0.4 mi
- Bagg Hill: 0.9 mi
- Facing Rock: 1.1 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.2 mi
- Rock Rimmon: 1.4 mi
- Town Forest: 1.5 mi
- Town Forest: 1.8 mi
- Town Forest: 2.0 mi
- Westover Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
- Brown Ellison Park: 1.6 mi
- Ludlow Dog Park: 2.9 mi
- Aldrich Field: 3.2 mi
- Foley Field: 3.4 mi
- Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 4.3 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 5.6 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 5.9 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Stone Fountain: 6.3 mi
- Frank A Hyrniewicz Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Stone House Museum: 4.2 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 4.4 mi
- Titanic Museum: 5.5 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 5.8 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 5.9 mi
- Timber Frame: 6.8 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 7.7 mi
- SSG 102: 8.8 mi
- World War II Tank: 8.8 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 10.4 mi
- Student Garden: 5.5 mi
- Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 7.4 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 7.4 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 5.3 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 7.1 mi
- Lady Liberty: 7.6 mi
- Robert Frost: 9.8 mi
- C3: 10.6 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 4.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 8.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.5 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 12.8 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 12.9 mi
- Indian Leap: 5.3 mi
- Titans Piazza: 7.9 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 16.5 mi
- Roaring Falls: 17.9 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 20.4 mi
- Cascade: 18.7 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 22.4 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.6 mi
- Waterfall: 24.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
- Picnic: 24.6 mi
- Rd: 10.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Facing Rock Wildlife Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NNE 13° | 375 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Tom | W 273° | 363 m | 9.5 mi |
| East Hill | NNE 27° | 338 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | NNW 334° | 337 m | 5.5 mi |
| Deadtop | W 278° | 333 m | 9.3 mi |
| Juckett Hill | NE 35° | 327 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Hill | NNE 16° | 324 m | 7.7 mi |
| Pattaquattic Hill | E 95° | 317 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:36 | 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 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29857179
Day trips start here
- Ludlow · 5 mi
- South Hadley · 6 mi
- Holyoke · 8 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 8 mi
- Hadley · 10 mi
- Northampton · 10 mi
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