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Lois and Joe Barnes Conservation Area

Lois and Joe Barnes Conservation Area from directly overhead

Lois and Joe Barnes Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north-northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Leverett Family Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 8.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Leverett Conservation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.45323, -72.49943

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Joshua Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Brushy Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • January Hills: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Boreas: 2.2 mi
  • Bull Hill: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Cushman Common: 2.8 mi
  • Mill River Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
  • Brandywine Park: 3.6 mi
  • Sunderland Town Park: 3.7 mi
  • Fraternity Park: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 4.4 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Old Chapel: 4.7 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 4.8 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 5.2 mi
Museums: 50
Attractions: 38
  • War Memorial Pool: 5.1 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 8.4 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 10.6 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 11.3 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 26
Artworks: 24
Cliffs: 20
  • Roaring Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 5.2 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 8.2 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 8.2 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 11.7 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear's Den Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 19.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 19.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Lois and Joe Barnes Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry HillNNE 14°423 m6.5 mi
Orcutt HillNE 48°394 m8.1 mi
Mount TobyNW 321°386 m3.1 mi
Packard MountainE 86°386 m7.5 mi
Poor Farm HillENE 65°384 m8.6 mi
Brushy MountainNE 47°380 m2.1 mi
Mount LincolnSSE 148°375 m7.3 mi
Locks HillNE 47°372 m6.7 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/29911977

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