Herman Covey Wildlife Management Area
Herman Covey Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the north-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Quabbin Reservoir Watershed, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1971-09-13
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 23.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 13 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 22 mi
- Waterfall · 24 mi
- Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quabbin Reservoir Watershed: 1.1 mi
- UMass Experimental Forest: 1.7 mi
- Springfield Water Supply Land: 2.5 mi
- Cold Spring Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Jabish Street Pumping Station: 3.1 mi
- Timber Frame: 1.2 mi
- The Rock House: 7.2 mi
- SSG 102: 7.2 mi
- Path Continues?: 11.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 11.3 mi
- Winsor Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam: 4.1 mi
- Stone Fountain: 5.8 mi
- Frank A Hyrniewicz Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Warren Civil War Monument: 8.0 mi
- Quabbin Hill: 2.7 mi
- Brimstone Hill: 3.4 mi
- Pattaquattic Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mount Ram: 4.4 mi
- Richards Ledges: 4.5 mi
- Parsons Field: 3.3 mi
- Town Common: 3.6 mi
- Foley Field: 4.3 mi
- Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 4.6 mi
- Memorial Field: 4.8 mi
- Stone House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 3.8 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 9.8 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 10.6 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 10.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.4 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 10.9 mi
- Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 11.1 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 9.8 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 10.9 mi
- Robert Frost: 11.9 mi
- Quinnipiac: 13.1 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 13.2 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 11.3 mi
- Titans Piazza: 13.5 mi
- Overlook: 16.5 mi
- Roaring Falls: 18.5 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 9.3 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 9.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 14.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.2 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 14.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
- Picnic: 21.2 mi
- Rd: 16.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.9 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 19.5 mi
- Cascade: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Herman Covey Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NNW 329° | 375 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 339° | 371 m | 9.5 mi |
| Ragged Hill | ENE 76° | 368 m | 8.1 mi |
| Steerage Rock | SE 144° | 367 m | 9.9 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | ESE 107° | 362 m | 5.6 mi |
| Coys Hill | E 98° | 356 m | 6.7 mi |
| East Hill | NNW 331° | 338 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | WNW 290° | 337 m | 9.4 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 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/886011715
Day trips start here
- Ludlow · 10 mi
- South Hadley · 12 mi
- Amherst · 13 mi
- Hadley · 14 mi
- Hampden · 14 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 14 mi
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