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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. Drake Mountain stands 350 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 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
Coordinates42.05369, -72.59876

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Borgatti Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bay Path Ryan Field: 0.8 mi
  • Town Green: 0.9 mi
  • St. John's Field: 0.9 mi
  • Meadowbrook Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 1.8 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 3.2 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 3.3 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 3.3 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 39
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 13.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Enders Falls: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 20
Beaches: 11
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 10.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 1.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Floodplain Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Drake MountainWNW 286°350 m12.7 mi
Moon MountainE 84°330 m12.3 mi
Sodom MountainW 272°326 m12.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 98°323 m9.9 mi
Bald MountainESE 114°322 m10.6 mi
Pine MountainE 94°319 m10.0 mi
Soapstone MountainSE 124°315 m11.6 mi
Bald MountainE 97°303 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856725

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