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Lower Mill River Conservation Area

Lower Mill River Conservation Area from directly overhead

Lower Mill River Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill River Recreation Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Amherst
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.41351, -72.52297

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill River Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Brandywine Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cushman Common: 0.7 mi
  • Athletic Fields North: 1.1 mi
  • UMass Orchards: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pulpit Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Boreas: 1.7 mi
  • Flat Hills: 1.7 mi
  • Poverty Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Bull Hill: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Old Chapel: 1.7 mi
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 1.7 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.8 mi
Museums: 54
Attractions: 39
  • War Memorial Pool: 2.4 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 10.1 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 12.6 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 13.0 mi
  • Timber Frame: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 31
Cliffs: 19
  • Roaring Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 8.1 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 9.2 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 11.1 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 8.7 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear's Den Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 16.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Lower Mill River Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TobyN 352°386 m5.2 mi
Brushy MountainNNE 33°380 m5.0 mi
Mount LincolnSE 124°375 m6.1 mi
Pine HillESE 106°371 m6.3 mi
Morse HillNE 35°366 m6.8 mi
Roaring MountainN 357°356 m4.9 mi
East HillSE 129°338 m8.5 mi
Mount NorwottockS 175°337 m7.5 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–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/721009669

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