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Hopper Road Reserve

Hopper Road Reserve from directly overhead

Hopper Road Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cobble, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 2.0 miles off.

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Coordinates42.66072, -73.21238

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • The Cobble: 0.5 mi
  • The Cobble: 0.6 mi
  • E Parmalee Prentice Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Chadbournes Knoll: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Prospect: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Mount Hope Park: 1.2 mi
  • Blair Hiking Area: 1.9 mi
  • Margaret Lindley Park: 2.1 mi
  • Denison Park: 3.2 mi
  • Linear Park: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums: 32
Waterfalls: 25
  • Money Brook Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Haley Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Peck's Falls: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Thomas Schütte Crystal: 3.1 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 3.3 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 3.3 mi
  • The Wind Chimes: 3.8 mi
  • McKinley Statue: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 13
  • Buxton Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Troy Botanical Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Flower Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Walled Garden: 23.1 mi
  • Tenth Street Community Garden: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 18.4 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Hopper Road Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockSE 124°1,063 m2.9 mi
Saddle Ball MountainSSE 159°985 m3.2 mi
Mount FitchE 98°945 m2.7 mi
Mount WilliamsE 79°901 m2.8 mi
Berlin MountainWNW 300°853 m4.3 mi
The DomeNNE 15°836 m8.4 mi
Mount ProspectE 85°816 m1.5 mi
Misery MountainWSW 241°793 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1619:5220:35
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2115:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455665696861493930
Precip in2.52.03.13.13.74.44.14.54.24.33.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Adams Harriman AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1015964851

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