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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 109 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 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

Coordinates42.29360, -72.48562

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 2.6 mi
  • Aldrich Field: 2.7 mi
  • Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • South Amherst Common: 3.5 mi
  • Foley Field: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.8 mi
  • Mary Lyon's Grave: 5.2 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 5.8 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 5.8 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 6.0 mi
Museums: 53
Attractions: 53
Gardens: 42
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 18
Beaches: 14
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Cascade: 23.0 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 11.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNNE 33°375 m5.8 mi
Pine HillNNE 33°371 m7.7 mi
Mount TomWSW 247°363 m9.0 mi
East HillENE 59°338 m5.5 mi
Mount NorwottockWNW 302°337 m1.5 mi
Prescott HillNE 42°336 m10.3 mi
DeadtopWSW 251°333 m8.6 mi
Juckett HillENE 69°327 m5.8 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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/881213841

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