Fort River Conservation Area
Fort River Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Brushy Mountain stands 380 m to the north-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservaion Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 17.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 5 mi
- Waterfall · 18 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 19 mi
- Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Conservaion Land: 0.2 mi
- Fort River Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.3 mi
- Gralenski Farm Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Mt Castor Marsh Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Mount Castor: 0.6 mi
- Mount Pollux: 1.6 mi
- Nibble Hill: 2.7 mi
- Devils Garden: 2.9 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 3.0 mi
- Groff Park: 0.8 mi
- South Amherst Common: 1.0 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 1.5 mi
- Memorial Field: 1.5 mi
- Pratt Field: 1.5 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.7 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.8 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.8 mi
- Old Chapel: 2.9 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 1.7 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 1.7 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 1.8 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 1.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 2.3 mi
- Timber Frame: 10.4 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 10.8 mi
- World War II Tank: 14.3 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 14.4 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 1.2 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 1.5 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 1.6 mi
- Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Robert Frost: 1.6 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 1.8 mi
- Quinnipiac: 2.8 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 2.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 2.9 mi
- Titans Piazza: 5.5 mi
- Roaring Falls: 9.8 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 12.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 13.0 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 14.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.0 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 4.8 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 4.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 5.3 mi
- David Musante Beach: 9.5 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 16.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 21.8 mi
- Hobo Falls: 22.4 mi
- Glendale Falls: 22.7 mi
- Rd: 12.5 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Fort River Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 17° | 380 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | ENE 77° | 375 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 65° | 371 m | 6.6 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 358° | 356 m | 9.5 mi |
| East Hill | E 97° | 338 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | S 169° | 337 m | 3.0 mi |
| Deadtop | SW 224° | 333 m | 9.0 mi |
| Juckett Hill | ESE 103° | 327 m | 7.5 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 | 15:36 | 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 | 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/29906869
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 2 mi
- Hadley · 3 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 5 mi
- Northampton · 6 mi
- South Hadley · 7 mi
- Holyoke · 11 mi
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