Flat Hills Conservation Area
Flat Hills Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Hills, a peak 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 13.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 16.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 4.0 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 9 mi
- Waterfall · 13 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 14 mi
- Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Hills: 0.2 mi
- Mount Boreas: 0.7 mi
- Poverty Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Pulpit Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Orient: 1.8 mi
- Cushman Common: 1.1 mi
- Fraternity Park: 1.8 mi
- UMass Orchards: 2.1 mi
- Mill River Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Amethyst Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 1.9 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 2.1 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 2.3 mi
- Old Chapel: 2.7 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 2.5 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.6 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 2.8 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 2.9 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 3.1 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 2.7 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.1 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 11.3 mi
- Timber Frame: 11.9 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 12.0 mi
- Metawampe: 2.5 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 2.6 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 2.6 mi
- Quinnipiac: 2.7 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 2.7 mi
- South Garden: 1.9 mi
- North Garden: 1.9 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 2.5 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 2.7 mi
- Roaring Falls: 5.7 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 8.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 10.1 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 10.8 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 10.8 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 1.6 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 1.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.0 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 9.7 mi
- David Musante Beach: 12.0 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 12.1 mi
- Hobo Falls: 17.7 mi
- Doane's Falls: 21.8 mi
- Doane's Falls: 21.8 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 22.2 mi
- Rd: 17.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 17.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Flat Hills Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Hill | N 6° | 423 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Toby | NNW 333° | 386 m | 5.9 mi |
| Packard Mountain | ENE 64° | 386 m | 7.6 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | N 11° | 380 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | SE 136° | 375 m | 4.6 mi |
| Locks Hill | NNE 30° | 372 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | ESE 112° | 371 m | 4.5 mi |
| Morse Hill | NNE 20° | 366 m | 6.0 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29912449
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 3 mi
- Hadley · 7 mi
- Northampton · 10 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 10 mi
- Deerfield · 11 mi
- South Hadley · 12 mi
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