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Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Moore Hill stands 517 m to the northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Neil Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.40246, -72.70846

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • O'Neil Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Davis Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Grass Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Nash Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Shingle Hill: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Angel Park: 1.3 mi
  • Omasta Well Field: 4.2 mi
  • Omasta Well Field: 4.3 mi
  • Arcanum Field: 4.3 mi
  • Florence Fields Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums: 55
Gardens: 32
  • Hatfield Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Capen Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 6.8 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 30
  • C3: 6.7 mi
  • Jack Leaman: 9.0 mi
  • Julius Erving: 9.0 mi
  • John Calipari: 9.0 mi
  • Marcus Camby: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 28
Cliffs: 18
  • Titans Piazza: 9.5 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 14.1 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 17.1 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 17.2 mi
Beaches: 9
  • David Musante Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Glendale Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Tannery Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 3
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.6 mi
  • Rd: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moore HillNW 318°517 m5.8 mi
Mollison HillNW 304°488 m6.2 mi
Ram HillW 261°461 m3.9 mi
Shaw LedgesWSW 237°460 m5.4 mi
Abbott HillNNW 334°454 m5.5 mi
Dry HillSW 225°454 m6.8 mi
Sikes HillNNW 342°451 m5.3 mi
High RidgeN 351°447 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American hophornbeam30 obs
  • shagbark hickory19 obs
  • mountain laurel18 obs
  • American beech13 obs
  • Christmas fern13 obs
  • sensitive fern13 obs
  • Common Watersnake12 obs
  • Eastern Newt11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29912457

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