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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 east-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Brockway Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1997-11-07

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Hadley Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29082, -72.57234

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Abbey Chapel Green: 2.4 mi
  • Skinner Green: 2.5 mi
  • Abbey Green: 2.6 mi
  • Dickinson Backyard: 2.6 mi
  • Creighton Lawn: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 43
Gardens: 41
Artworks: 30
  • Graffiti Wall: 3.0 mi
  • C3: 3.8 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 5.2 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 6.0 mi
  • Robert Frost: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
Beaches: 10
  • Rainbow Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 3.1 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Waterfall: 22.0 mi
  • Cascade: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 7.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnENE 56°375 m9.1 mi
Mount TomSW 229°363 m5.1 mi
Pomeroy MountainWSW 257°352 m9.3 mi
East HillENE 71°338 m9.7 mi
Mount NorwottockENE 72°337 m3.3 mi
DeadtopSW 235°333 m4.5 mi
West HillENE 65°324 m8.4 mi
Whiting PeakWSW 238°305 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:22

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29907376

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