Mineral Hills Conservation Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Mineral Hills Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the west-southwest, 4.1 miles off. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 17.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 27.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 8 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 19 mi
- view to west · 20 mi
- Bissell Bridge Falls · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mineral Hills Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Roberts Reservoir Complex: 0.6 mi
- Roberts Reservoir Complex: 0.8 mi
- Mineral Hill Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Mineral Hill Greenway: 1.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mineral Hills: 0.6 mi
- Sawmill Hills: 1.3 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.5 mi
- Roberts Hill: 1.8 mi
- Florence Fields Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Maines Field: 3.1 mi
- Arcanum Field: 3.3 mi
- Childs Park: 4.2 mi
- Ray Ellerbook Field: 4.3 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 4.6 mi
- Erie Ruins: 6.6 mi
- Eyrie House: 6.6 mi
- Site of the Williamsburg Reservoir Dam: 7.3 mi
- Mill River Dam: 7.3 mi
- Williamsburg Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 4.9 mi
- Historic Northampton: 5.3 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 7.4 mi
- Hatfield Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Northampton Community Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 4.7 mi
- Systematics Garden: 4.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 4.8 mi
- Capen Garden: 4.9 mi
- C3: 5.1 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 5.5 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 10.2 mi
- Lady Liberty: 10.5 mi
- John Calipari: 11.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 7.3 mi
- Roaring Falls: 15.4 mi
- Indian Leap: 17.1 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 18.4 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 21.6 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 10.7 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 11.6 mi
- 1950 Pontiac: 14.1 mi
- World War II Tank: 14.5 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 16.4 mi
- David Musante Beach: 2.1 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 6.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 12.4 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 12.5 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 11.4 mi
- Glendale Falls: 12.1 mi
- Waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 23.2 mi
- falls: 24.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 10.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 10.1 mi
- Rd: 10.1 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
- Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Mineral Hills Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | WSW 257° | 468 m | 4.1 mi |
| Ram Hill | NNW 328° | 461 m | 5.2 mi |
| Shaw Ledges | WNW 302° | 460 m | 4.0 mi |
| Dry Hill | W 274° | 454 m | 3.7 mi |
| Battlecock Hill | NNW 331° | 442 m | 4.4 mi |
| Kidds Lookout | NW 304° | 438 m | 3.4 mi |
| Spruce Hill | WSW 246° | 438 m | 3.8 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNW 341° | 438 m | 5.9 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 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29912682
Day trips start here
- Northampton · 5 mi
- Hadley · 7 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 7 mi
- South Hadley · 9 mi
- Holyoke · 10 mi
- Amherst · 11 mi
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