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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 106 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the north-northeast, 5.6 miles off. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2015-06-12

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29560, -72.48086

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 2.3 mi
  • Aldrich Field: 3.0 mi
  • Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.2 mi
  • South Amherst Common: 3.4 mi
  • Foley Field: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.8 mi
  • Mary Lyon's Grave: 5.5 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 54
Museums: 53
Gardens: 42
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 18
Beaches: 14
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 11.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Bear's Den Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Cascade: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNNE 32°375 m5.6 mi
Pine HillNNE 32°371 m7.5 mi
Mount TomWSW 247°363 m9.3 mi
East HillENE 58°338 m5.3 mi
Mount NorwottockWNW 294°337 m1.7 mi
Prescott HillNE 42°336 m10.1 mi
DeadtopWSW 251°333 m8.8 mi
Juckett HillENE 70°327 m5.6 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 °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/881466022

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