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Old Trolley Line Conservation Area

Old Trolley Line Conservation Area from directly overhead

Old Trolley Line Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovefield Wellfield, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Conservation area managed for habitat and hiking. No bikes (racks at entrances). Park on Clapp Street.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pascommuck Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.28296, -72.64985

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Parsons St. Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lower Mill Pond Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lower Mill Pond Park: 1.0 mi
  • Catherine Root Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Tom North Trailhead Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Goat Peak: 1.2 mi
  • Dry Knoll: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Nonotuck: 1.5 mi
  • Whiting Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Deadtop: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Gardens: 41
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 2.5 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Capen Garden: 2.7 mi
Attractions: 31
Artworks: 30
  • Guild Art Supply: 1.5 mi
  • C3: 3.0 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 5.6 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 6.6 mi
  • Robert Frost: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 11
  • Rainbow Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.3 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Waterfall: 18.6 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 6.1 mi
  • Rd: 6.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Old Trolley Line Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahWNW 286°468 m8.5 mi
Dry HillWNW 294°454 m8.6 mi
Spruce HillWNW 282°438 m7.9 mi
Kidds LookoutNW 306°438 m8.7 mi
Cub HillW 276°424 m7.6 mi
Fisher HillW 267°400 m8.2 mi
Bascom HillNW 312°375 m8.1 mi
Tob HillWNW 288°373 m7.1 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 °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/733073521

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