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Heatherstone Brook

Heatherstone Brook from directly overhead

Heatherstone Brook is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Orient, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 13 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.39470, -72.46970

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Orient: 0.4 mi
  • Poverty Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Flat Hills: 1.6 mi
  • Butter Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Mount Boreas: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 0.8 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 1.1 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 2.2 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Amethyst Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
  • East Common: 2.1 mi
  • Fraternity Park: 2.2 mi
  • Cushman Common: 2.4 mi
  • Community Field: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 55
  • War Memorial Pool: 2.5 mi
  • Timber Frame: 10.4 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 11.0 mi
  • Dead Man's Curve: 11.4 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 11.7 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 31
Cliffs: 20
  • Roaring Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 9.3 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 9.7 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 11.7 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 9.4 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Bear's Den Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 16.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Heatherstone Brook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TobyNNW 332°386 m7.3 mi
Packard MountainNE 52°386 m7.5 mi
Brushy MountainN 360°380 m5.5 mi
Mount LincolnSE 132°375 m3.2 mi
Locks HillNNE 22°372 m9.3 mi
Pine HillE 98°371 m3.4 mi
Morse HillN 10°366 m7.0 mi
Roaring MountainNNW 334°356 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:21

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/869777865

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