Mt Castor Marsh Conservation Area
Mt Castor Marsh Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Brushy Mountain stands 380 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Castor, a peak 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 16.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 5 mi
- Waterfall · 18 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 18 mi
- Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Castor: 0.2 mi
- Mount Pollux: 1.5 mi
- Grey Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 3.1 mi
- Devils Garden: 3.2 mi
- Hop Brook Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Norwottuck Rail Trail: 0.4 mi
- Gralenski Farm Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Station Road Farm Conservation Restriction: 0.5 mi
- Brickyard Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- South Amherst Common: 0.6 mi
- Groff Park: 0.7 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 1.2 mi
- Memorial Field: 1.3 mi
- War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.7 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.7 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.0 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 2.5 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 1.5 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 1.8 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 1.9 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 1.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 2.1 mi
- Timber Frame: 9.9 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 11.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 14.2 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 14.2 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 1.7 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 2.0 mi
- Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Robert Frost: 1.4 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 2.3 mi
- Quinnipiac: 2.7 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 2.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 2.9 mi
- Titans Piazza: 6.1 mi
- Roaring Falls: 9.7 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 12.4 mi
- Indian Leap: 13.2 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 14.2 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 4.6 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 4.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 6.0 mi
- David Musante Beach: 10.2 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 16.2 mi
- Hobo Falls: 22.1 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.5 mi
- Glendale Falls: 23.4 mi
- Rd: 13.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mt Castor Marsh Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 13° | 380 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | ENE 78° | 375 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 64° | 371 m | 5.9 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 354° | 356 m | 9.3 mi |
| East Hill | E 100° | 338 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | S 182° | 337 m | 3.1 mi |
| Prescott Hill | ENE 65° | 336 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ENE 66° | 335 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29906854
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 2 mi
- Hadley · 4 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 6 mi
- Northampton · 7 mi
- South Hadley · 7 mi
- Holyoke · 12 mi
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