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Helen C White Conservation Area

Helen C White Conservation Area from directly overhead

Helen C White Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Peck Hill stands 336 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08834, -72.51584

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Treetop Park: 0.2 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
  • South Branch Park: 0.9 mi
  • Albert Tranghese Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Nathan Bill Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • McCarthy Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Hall Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Vision: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 45
Waterfalls: 27
  • Cascade: 11.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 18.3 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 13
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 10.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Helen C White Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peck HillESE 102°336 m11.1 mi
Chestnut HillSE 126°332 m10.2 mi
Moon MountainE 97°330 m8.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillSE 125°323 m6.7 mi
Bald MountainSE 141°322 m8.6 mi
Pine MountainESE 118°319 m6.6 mi
Soapstone MountainSSE 149°315 m10.4 mi
Bald MountainESE 121°303 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29911476

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