Leyden Wildlife Management Area
Leyden Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Massamet Mountain stands 485 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Frizzell Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 4.3 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 7.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- view to west · 7 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 9 mi
- Waterfall · 10 mi
- Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frizzell Hill: 1.3 mi
- West Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Katley Hill: 2.0 mi
- Ball Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Church Woods: 2.1 mi
- Leydeon Cr 3: 2.5 mi
- Leydeon Cr 3: 2.5 mi
- Darwin Scott Memorial Natural Heritage Area: 2.7 mi
- Keets Brook Road Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- Cushman Park: 2.6 mi
- North Greenfield Park: 3.1 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 3.5 mi
- Shattuck Park: 5.2 mi
- Lunt Field: 5.3 mi
- Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 5.3 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 5.9 mi
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 8.2 mi
- Hinsdale Raceway: 10.0 mi
- Hail to the Sunrise: 15.9 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 2.7 mi
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 5.3 mi
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 9.3 mi
- Buckland Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 6.4 mi
- Molly Stark: 18.9 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 20.0 mi
- Julius Erving: 20.2 mi
- Jack Leaman: 20.2 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- North Garden: 18.4 mi
- South Garden: 18.5 mi
- Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 6.4 mi
- rock overhang: 6.9 mi
- Wolves Den: 7.0 mi
- rock scramble: 7.1 mi
- hole in wall: 7.1 mi
- Table Rock: 8.5 mi
- Introductory Buttress: 9.0 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 9.0 mi
- Main Wall: 9.0 mi
- Overhang Buttress: 9.1 mi
- Hobo Falls: 8.5 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 10.7 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 14.4 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 17.0 mi
- Royalston Falls: 18.4 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 14.2 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 17.4 mi
- The Ledges: 17.4 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 18.1 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 18.6 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 7.4 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Day Use Area: 17.5 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Leyden Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massamet Mountain | SW 229° | 485 m | 7.5 mi |
| French Hill | NW 326° | 473 m | 7.3 mi |
| Wilson Hill | WNW 286° | 464 m | 7.4 mi |
| Fairbanks Hill | WNW 293° | 450 m | 6.6 mi |
| Owls Head Mountain | NNW 338° | 440 m | 6.2 mi |
| Belden Hill | NNW 336° | 437 m | 5.0 mi |
| Houghton Hill | WSW 252° | 423 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Hope | WSW 259° | 422 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29906280
Day trips start here
- Gill · 6 mi
- Greenfield · 6 mi
- Charlemont · 7 mi
- Erving · 7 mi
- Montague · 7 mi
- Shelburne · 7 mi
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