Harkness Conservation Area
Harkness Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Packard Mountain stands 386 m to the northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Harkness Brook Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 15.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 7 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 16 mi
- Waterfall · 17 mi
- Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harkness Brook Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Pemberton Memorial Forest: 0.6 mi
- Pelham Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Gull Pond Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Grey Rocks: 0.5 mi
- Butter Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Orient: 2.1 mi
- Mount Castor: 2.3 mi
- Mount Lincoln: 2.4 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 1.2 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 1.6 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.6 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.6 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 2.9 mi
- Amethyst Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- East Common: 1.8 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 2.3 mi
- South Amherst Common: 2.3 mi
- Memorial Field: 2.5 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 2.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 8.8 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 12.0 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 12.0 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 12.1 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 2.4 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 2.4 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 2.5 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 2.8 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 3.4 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 2.5 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 3.3 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 3.3 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 3.4 mi
- Robert Frost: 2.5 mi
- Quinnipiac: 3.3 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 3.4 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 3.5 mi
- Metawampe: 3.5 mi
- Titans Piazza: 8.2 mi
- Roaring Falls: 9.2 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 11.5 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 12.0 mi
- Indian Leap: 14.1 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 4.4 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 4.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.9 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 8.1 mi
- David Musante Beach: 12.2 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 14.3 mi
- Hobo Falls: 20.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 23.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 24.0 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 24.7 mi
- Rd: 15.0 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.1 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Harkness Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packard Mountain | NE 41° | 386 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Toby | NNW 338° | 386 m | 9.3 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | N 360° | 380 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | E 89° | 375 m | 2.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 63° | 371 m | 3.7 mi |
| Morse Hill | N 8° | 366 m | 9.1 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | NNW 340° | 356 m | 8.9 mi |
| East Hill | ESE 116° | 338 m | 4.3 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 | 15:35 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/869777866
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 3 mi
- Hadley · 6 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 8 mi
- Northampton · 9 mi
- South Hadley · 9 mi
- Deerfield · 14 mi
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