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Floodplain Conservation Area

Floodplain Conservation Area from directly overhead

Floodplain Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 12 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Longmeadow Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.03470, -72.59414

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bay Path Ryan Field: 0.9 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Town Green: 1.1 mi
  • East Park: 1.4 mi
  • Williams Street Playground: 1.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 2.9 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 4.3 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 4.6 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 4.6 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 43
  • New England Sky Screamer: 1.2 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 4.8 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 4.8 mi
  • World War II Tank: 7.8 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Cascade: 13.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Enders Falls: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Indian Leap: 10.3 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 17.8 mi
  • Flag Rock: 18.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 20.3 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 11.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Floodplain Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 100°332 m12.4 mi
Moon MountainENE 77°330 m12.3 mi
Sodom MountainW 278°326 m12.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 91°323 m9.6 mi
Bald MountainESE 107°322 m9.9 mi
Pine MountainE 87°319 m9.8 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 119°315 m10.7 mi
Bald MountainE 89°303 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29908426

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