Markert's Pond Conservation Area
Markert's Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the east-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pick-your-own Fields, a garden 0.6 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 18.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 18.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 4 mi
- Waterfall · 19 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 20 mi
- Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Conservaion Land: 0.9 mi
- Fort River Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
- Muddy Brook Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Gralenski Farm Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.2 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.6 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.6 mi
- Old Chapel: 3.6 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Mount Castor: 1.4 mi
- Nibble Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Pollux: 1.7 mi
- Devils Garden: 2.3 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 2.3 mi
- South Amherst Common: 1.6 mi
- Groff Park: 1.7 mi
- Pratt Field: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Field: 2.3 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 2.3 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 1.2 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 1.2 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 2.5 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 2.6 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 3.1 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 9.9 mi
- Timber Frame: 10.7 mi
- World War II Tank: 13.5 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 14.9 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 0.6 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 0.7 mi
- Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 2.4 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 1.0 mi
- Robert Frost: 2.4 mi
- Quinnipiac: 3.5 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 3.5 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 3.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 4.5 mi
- Roaring Falls: 10.5 mi
- Indian Leap: 12.5 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 13.4 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.2 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 4.4 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.5 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.5 mi
- David Musante Beach: 8.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 17.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 20.9 mi
- Glendale Falls: 22.0 mi
- Hobo Falls: 23.2 mi
- Rd: 11.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.7 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Markert's Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | ENE 72° | 375 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 63° | 371 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | SW 221° | 363 m | 8.8 mi |
| East Hill | E 91° | 338 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | SSE 152° | 337 m | 2.5 mi |
| Deadtop | SW 224° | 333 m | 8.1 mi |
| Juckett Hill | E 97° | 327 m | 8.0 mi |
| West Hill | E 87° | 324 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29908874
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 3 mi
- Hadley · 3 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 5 mi
- South Hadley · 6 mi
- Holyoke · 10 mi
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