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Old Pascommuck Conservation Area

Old Pascommuck Conservation Area from directly overhead

Old Pascommuck Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Spruce Hill stands 438 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997-07-14
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.28219, -72.63017

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mount Tom North Trailhead Park: 0.3 mi
  • Parsons St. Park: 1.3 mi
  • Lower Mill Pond Park: 1.6 mi
  • Lower Mill Pond Park: 1.8 mi
  • Catherine Root Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Dry Knoll: 0.4 mi
  • Mount Nonotuck: 0.5 mi
  • Goat Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Whiting Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Dry Brook Hill: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Gardens: 41
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 2.6 mi
  • Phoenix Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 31
Artworks: 30
  • Guild Art Supply: 2.3 mi
  • C3: 2.9 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 5.2 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 5.7 mi
  • Robert Frost: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 12
  • Rainbow Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 3.8 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Waterfall: 19.3 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 6.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 6.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Old Pascommuck Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce HillW 281°438 m8.9 mi
Cub HillW 276°424 m8.6 mi
Bascom HillNW 308°375 m8.9 mi
Tob HillWNW 286°373 m8.1 mi
Old Wolf HillNW 313°371 m8.6 mi
Mount TomSSW 198°363 m2.9 mi
Hanging MountainWNW 300°361 m8.0 mi
Petticoat HillNW 320°359 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856190

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