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Mohawk Trail Conservation Area

Mohawk Trail Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mohawk Trail Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Pocumtuck Mountain stands 561 m to the north-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA runs past it.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.59404, -72.72718

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Field: 0.5 mi
  • Ball Park: 1.9 mi
  • Field Field: 5.7 mi
  • Belding Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • Hillside Park: 6.0 mi
Peaks
  • Massamet Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Goodnow Hill: 1.4 mi
  • West Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Flag Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Massaemett Mountain: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 34
Gardens: 21
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 20
Attractions: 17
  • Bridge of Flowers: 1.0 mi
  • hole in wall: 2.1 mi
  • rock overhang: 2.2 mi
  • Wolves Den: 2.3 mi
  • rock scramble: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Tannery Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Twin Cascade: 15.1 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 16.3 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 16.7 mi
  • The Ledges: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Mohawk Trail Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pocumtuck MountainNNW 329°561 m4.7 mi
Peter HillSW 227°557 m6.4 mi
Burnt HillNW 323°547 m6.5 mi
Bug HillSW 227°535 m7.2 mi
Seventy Six HillSSW 212°530 m7.5 mi
Stone MountainNNW 339°511 m6.9 mi
Hog MountainW 270°486 m5.4 mi
Massamet MountainNNE 32°485 m1.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1419:5020:33
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766716962513930
Precip in3.53.13.93.84.04.84.14.74.24.73.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29906103

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