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Long Pond Conservation Area

Long Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Long Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is East Brimfield Lake Flood Risk Management Project, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13466, -72.12902

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Dan: 0.9 mi
  • White Hill: 1.1 mi
  • East Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Chamberlin Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Janes Hill: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • Cedar Pond Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Village Common: 2.5 mi
  • Town Common: 3.2 mi
  • Town Common: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 2.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.1 mi
Museums: 47
Artworks: 42
Gardens: 22
  • Herb Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Small House Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade: 15.9 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Cascades: 23.7 mi
  • Cascades: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.1 mi
  • Indian Leap: 18.4 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 19.7 mi
  • Overlook: 22.9 mi
  • Coney Rock: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 8.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Long Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahSW 235°379 m6.9 mi
Steerage RockW 276°367 m4.9 mi
Mount HitchcockWSW 243°356 m7.5 mi
Tower HillWNW 292°336 m3.9 mi
Rattlesnake MountainSW 216°335 m4.9 mi
Marks MountainNW 318°331 m6.8 mi
Blake HillS 183°328 m4.4 mi
Little Mugget HillENE 74°328 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465766716962504131
Precip in3.73.24.34.33.53.94.04.44.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Brimfield Lake, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29673634

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