Fortier Conservation Area
Fortier Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Holyoke Range State Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1975-12-29
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Amherst Conservation Commission
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 20.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 6 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 20 mi
- Waterfall · 20 mi
- Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Holyoke Range State Park: 0.2 mi
- Water Supply Land: 0.3 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Elf Meadow Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Water Supply Land: 0.8 mi
- Long Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mount Pollux: 1.6 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 1.7 mi
- Devils Garden: 2.5 mi
- Pond Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lake Vale Cemetery: 2.3 mi
- South Amherst Common: 2.3 mi
- Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.6 mi
- Groff Park: 3.7 mi
- Aldrich Field: 4.1 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.3 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 4.6 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.6 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.6 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 5.0 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 4.9 mi
- Timber Frame: 7.4 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 10.0 mi
- World War II Tank: 12.8 mi
- SSG 102: 13.3 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 2.5 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 2.6 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 2.8 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 4.4 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 4.4 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 2.8 mi
- Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 3.0 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 4.4 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 2.8 mi
- Robert Frost: 4.4 mi
- Quinnipiac: 5.7 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 5.7 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 5.8 mi
- Titans Piazza: 6.3 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.6 mi
- Roaring Falls: 12.4 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 13.7 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 14.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.2 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 6.6 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.4 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.5 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 9.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 17.6 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.3 mi
- Cascade: 24.2 mi
- Hobo Falls: 24.4 mi
- Rd: 12.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.3 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Fortier Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NE 39° | 375 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 37° | 371 m | 6.4 mi |
| East Hill | ENE 71° | 338 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | WSW 251° | 337 m | 1.7 mi |
| Prescott Hill | NE 46° | 336 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 48° | 335 m | 9.6 mi |
| Deadtop | WSW 244° | 333 m | 9.4 mi |
| Juckett Hill | E 82° | 327 m | 5.2 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 | 07:16 | 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 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29906759
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 5 mi
- Hadley · 6 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 6 mi
- South Hadley · 6 mi
- Northampton · 8 mi
- Holyoke · 11 mi
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