Holyoke Range Conservation Area
Holyoke Range Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bare Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Amherst Conservation Commission
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 17.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 19.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 20.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 3 mi
- Waterfall · 22 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 22 mi
- Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bare Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Devils Garden: 0.8 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 0.9 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 1.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Stone Hill Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Lithia Springs: 1.4 mi
- Atkins Farm Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.0 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 3.7 mi
- Eyrie House: 5.1 mi
- Erie Ruins: 5.2 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 5.5 mi
- Aldrich Field: 2.3 mi
- South Amherst Common: 3.4 mi
- Abbey Chapel Green: 3.8 mi
- Skinner Green: 3.8 mi
- Creighton Lawn: 3.9 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 1.9 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 1.9 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 3.4 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 3.7 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 5.9 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 7.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 9.2 mi
- World War II Tank: 10.8 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 13.5 mi
- Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 2.4 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 2.5 mi
- Student Garden: 3.8 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 5.2 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 2.1 mi
- Robert Frost: 5.2 mi
- C3: 6.0 mi
- Quinnipiac: 6.4 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 6.5 mi
- Titans Piazza: 3.9 mi
- Indian Leap: 9.4 mi
- Roaring Falls: 13.5 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 16.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 16.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 4.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.6 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 8.4 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 8.5 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 8.7 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 19.8 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 20.9 mi
- Glendale Falls: 23.0 mi
- Cascade: 23.6 mi
- Waterfall: 24.2 mi
- Rd: 9.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 9.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 9.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Holyoke Range Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NE 46° | 375 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 43° | 371 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 241° | 363 m | 7.4 mi |
| East Hill | ENE 67° | 338 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | NE 36° | 337 m | 0.9 mi |
| Deadtop | WSW 246° | 333 m | 6.9 mi |
| Juckett Hill | ENE 74° | 327 m | 7.6 mi |
| West Hill | ENE 57° | 324 m | 6.0 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 | 15:36 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/753704592
Day trips start here
- Pioneer Valley · 4 mi
- South Hadley · 4 mi
- Hadley · 5 mi
- Amherst · 6 mi
- Northampton · 6 mi
- Holyoke · 8 mi
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