Mill River Division
Mill River Division is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Spruce Hill stands 438 m to the west, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 19.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 23.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 2 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 22 mi
- view to west · 23 mi
- Waterfall · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.7 mi
- Wilderness Area: 1.1 mi
- Old Pascommuck Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Old Pascommuck Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Dgcr: 1.3 mi
- Mount Tom North Trailhead Park: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Field: 1.5 mi
- Pulaski Park: 1.6 mi
- Smith College Athletic Fields: 1.8 mi
- Beech Tree Park: 1.9 mi
- Mount Nonotuck: 1.2 mi
- Dry Knoll: 1.5 mi
- Mount Holyoke: 1.5 mi
- Dry Brook Hill: 1.8 mi
- Goat Peak: 1.9 mi
- Erie Ruins: 1.2 mi
- Eyrie House: 1.2 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 1.6 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 3.6 mi
- Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 1.7 mi
- Historic Northampton: 1.7 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 3.4 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 3.4 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 3.6 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 1.5 mi
- Systematics Garden: 1.8 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.8 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 1.8 mi
- Capen Garden: 1.9 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 6.4 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 7.7 mi
- World War II Tank: 10.5 mi
- Springfield Museums: 13.5 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 13.5 mi
- C3: 2.0 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 3.4 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 4.7 mi
- Lady Liberty: 6.2 mi
- Robert Frost: 7.2 mi
- Titans Piazza: 1.1 mi
- Indian Leap: 11.6 mi
- Roaring Falls: 14.1 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 17.2 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 20.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 0.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.5 mi
- David Musante Beach: 6.0 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 9.6 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 9.6 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 16.1 mi
- Glendale Falls: 18.2 mi
- Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 22.5 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 23.7 mi
- Rd: 7.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mill River Division. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Hill | W 274° | 438 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cub Hill | W 268° | 424 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bascom Hill | WNW 299° | 375 m | 8.9 mi |
| Tob Hill | W 278° | 373 m | 8.5 mi |
| Old Wolf Hill | NW 304° | 371 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 202° | 363 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | WNW 291° | 361 m | 8.1 mi |
| Petticoat Hill | NW 312° | 359 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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, 7 mi away.
- bloodroot113 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel106 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk101 obs
- red trillium95 obs
- sensitive fern87 obs
- American bladdernut76 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk74 obs
- red columbine73 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/906700596
Day trips start here
- Pioneer Valley · 1 mi
- Northampton · 2 mi
- Hadley · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 3 mi
- Amherst · 7 mi
- Holyoke · 7 mi
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