Mill Pond Conservation Area
Mill Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the east-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Twelve Mile Brook Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 24.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 14 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twelve Mile Brook Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Towokos Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Wandering Meadows Estates Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Old Spring Hill: 1.4 mi
- Indian Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Mount Marcy: 1.4 mi
- Mount Chapin: 1.9 mi
- New View: 2.4 mi
- Minechoag Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Baptist Hill: 2.7 mi
- Knox Trail Park: 1.5 mi
- Spectacle Pond: 1.8 mi
- Spectacle Pond: 1.8 mi
- Spectacle Pond: 1.9 mi
- Electric Park Playground: 2.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.4 mi
- Frank A Hyrniewicz Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Stone Fountain: 2.7 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 4.3 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Childrens Museum: 3.2 mi
- Childrens Museum: 3.3 mi
- Titanic Museum: 5.1 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 5.4 mi
- Stone House Museum: 8.7 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 10.0 mi
- Yertle Garden: 10.0 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 10.5 mi
- Student Garden: 11.1 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 3.5 mi
- Horton Court: 9.9 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 9.9 mi
- The Storyteller: 9.9 mi
- The Lorax: 9.9 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 4.1 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.9 mi
- Streeter Beach: 14.2 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 14.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 14.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 4.4 mi
- Titans Piazza: 14.0 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 19.6 mi
- Roaring Falls: 24.3 mi
- Overlook: 24.7 mi
- Cascade: 12.3 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 19.6 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 22.9 mi
- Cascades: 24.1 mi
- Cascades: 24.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
- Picnic: 18.7 mi
- Rd: 13.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mill Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | ESE 121° | 379 m | 9.7 mi |
| Steerage Rock | E 93° | 367 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | ESE 121° | 356 m | 8.6 mi |
| Peck Hill | SE 143° | 336 m | 8.4 mi |
| Tower Hill | E 88° | 336 m | 10.3 mi |
| Marks Mountain | ENE 67° | 331 m | 10.2 mi |
| Moon Mountain | SSE 158° | 330 m | 5.7 mi |
| Dearth Hill | ESE 114° | 327 m | 8.5 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 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29674146
Day trips start here
- Ludlow · 4 mi
- Hampden · 6 mi
- Holyoke · 12 mi
- Longmeadow · 12 mi
- Somers · 12 mi
- South Hadley · 12 mi
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