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Keets Brook Road Conservation Area

Keets Brook Road Conservation Area from directly overhead

Keets Brook Road Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. French Hill stands 473 m to the west-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiwanis Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2001-06-20

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.71470, -72.58275

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cushman Park: 3.4 mi
  • Sweet Pond State Park: 3.8 mi
  • North Greenfield Park: 5.2 mi
  • Hinsdale Town Park: 6.6 mi
Peaks
  • Ball Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • East Hill: 1.2 mi
  • East Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Daniels Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 37
Cliffs: 20
Artworks: 20
  • Greenfield Money Tree: 9.1 mi
  • Molly Stark: 18.1 mi
  • Reaching: 21.2 mi
  • Aurora: 21.3 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 8.9 mi
  • rock overhang: 9.3 mi
  • Wolves Den: 9.4 mi
  • rock scramble: 9.5 mi
  • hole in wall: 9.5 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Just Roots Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 19.5 mi
  • North Garden: 20.7 mi
  • South Garden: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Beaches: 8
  • Green Mountain Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 16.5 mi
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 16.8 mi
  • The Ledges: 17.0 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Keets Brook Road Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
French HillWNW 304°473 m6.3 mi
Wilson HillW 267°464 m8.2 mi
Fairbanks HillW 271°450 m7.2 mi
Owls Head MountainNW 313°440 m4.7 mi
Belden HillNW 304°437 m3.8 mi
Mount HopeWSW 240°422 m7.0 mi
East MountainN 351°416 m3.7 mi
Frizzell HillSW 229°399 m1.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:03
June solstice05:1319:5020:33
September equinox06:3818:1218:50
December solstice07:1815:3416:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766716962513930
Precip in3.53.13.93.84.04.84.14.74.24.73.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/786608506

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