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Herrick Knittel Conservation Area

Herrick Knittel Conservation Area from directly overhead

Herrick Knittel Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 377 m. Church Hill stands 565 m to the west-northwest, 7.6 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 3.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.16747, -72.92984

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sunset Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Pudding Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Pebble Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Tillotson Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Birch Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Watson Park: 1.0 mi
  • Town Park: 4.0 mi
  • Town Park: 4.0 mi
  • Town Park: 4.0 mi
  • Town Park: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks: 42
  • The Globe: 7.3 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 8.0 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 9.7 mi
  • Epiphany: 9.8 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 37
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 8.0 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Arboretum: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 32
  • state boundary marker: 9.1 mi
  • Becket Center Historic District: 10.9 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 12.2 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 15.1 mi
  • cellar hole: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Waterfall: 5.0 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
  • cascade: 10.3 mi
  • cascade: 10.3 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Corps Wall: 9.6 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 9.7 mi
  • Grotto: 9.7 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 9.7 mi
  • Acorn Face: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.1 mi
  • Rd: 14.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Herrick Knittel Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Church HillWNW 298°565 m7.6 mi
Round Top HillNNW 335°538 m6.7 mi
Jackson HillW 274°520 m4.3 mi
Lair MountainWSW 243°513 m5.5 mi
Walnut HillWNW 297°505 m3.8 mi
Belden HillW 266°497 m8.4 mi
Noyes HillSW 234°496 m6.7 mi
Latimer HillW 279°491 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29747838

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