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Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area

Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2001-01-19

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30759, -72.48202

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.3 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.9 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.9 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 5.0 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 5.4 mi
Parks
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 2.3 mi
  • South Amherst Common: 2.6 mi
  • Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.5 mi
  • Aldrich Field: 3.6 mi
  • Groff Park: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 54
Museums: 53
Gardens: 42
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • Bear's Den Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Cascade: 23.9 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 11.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNE 38°375 m4.9 mi
Pine HillNE 36°371 m6.8 mi
Mount TomWSW 242°363 m9.6 mi
East HillENE 67°338 m4.9 mi
Mount NorwottockW 264°337 m1.5 mi
Prescott HillNE 45°336 m9.5 mi
Mount PleasantNE 47°335 m10.0 mi
DeadtopWSW 246°333 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856803

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