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Katherine Cole Conservation Area

Katherine Cole Conservation Area from directly overhead

Katherine Cole Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Dry Hill stands 396 m to the west-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastman Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 11 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.41879, -72.54095

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mill River Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
  • Brandywine Park: 0.8 mi
  • Athletic Fields North: 1.7 mi
  • Cushman Common: 1.7 mi
  • Engineering Quad: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Pulpit Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Boreas: 2.5 mi
  • Bull Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Flat Hills: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Warner: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Chapel: 2.2 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 2.5 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.3 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.3 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 31
  • AISC Steel Sculpture: 1.8 mi
  • Julius Erving: 2.0 mi
  • Jack Leaman: 2.0 mi
  • Marcus Camby: 2.0 mi
  • John Calipari: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 31
  • War Memorial Pool: 3.0 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 9.4 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 12.0 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 13.8 mi
  • Timber Frame: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Roaring Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 8.0 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 9.3 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 11.1 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 8.6 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear's Den Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 16.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Katherine Cole Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry HillWNW 283°396 m8.6 mi
Mount TobyN 2°386 m4.8 mi
Brushy MountainNE 44°380 m5.2 mi
Mount LincolnESE 122°375 m7.1 mi
Pine HillESE 107°371 m7.3 mi
Morse HillNE 43°366 m7.1 mi
Roaring MountainN 8°356 m4.6 mi
Mount NorwottockS 169°337 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212334465867727062503828
Precip in3.43.03.73.73.84.64.54.74.74.93.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856465

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