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Parsons Marsh Conservation Area

Parsons Marsh Conservation Area from directly overhead

Parsons Marsh Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 317 m. Pine Mountain stands 680 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Holl-Fox Reserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 4.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35878, -73.30152

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Baldhead: 0.7 mi
  • Lanier Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Osceola Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Lenox Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • The Cobble: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Lilac Park: 0.9 mi
  • Roche Reading Park: 0.9 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ore Bed Park: 1.1 mi
  • Veterans Mem Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 51
  • Burbank Dedication: 1.3 mi
  • stone chimney: 3.9 mi
  • St. Francis: 4.8 mi
  • St. Faustina: 4.8 mi
  • St. John Paul II: 4.9 mi
Museums: 37
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 12
  • concrete bases: 1.2 mi
  • stone pillar: 1.3 mi
  • balanced rock: 1.3 mi
  • concrete bases: 1.4 mi
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 2.0 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 3
  • Adams Point Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 12.3 mi
  • County Beach: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Parsons Marsh Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainN 354°680 m9.4 mi
Walling MountainESE 114°675 m8.1 mi
Tower MountainN 351°670 m9.8 mi
Berry MountainN 356°668 m10.0 mi
Becket MountainESE 116°663 m8.9 mi
Smith MountainNNW 349°660 m8.7 mi
Yokun SeatN 355°645 m3.0 mi
Mount WilcoxS 169°642 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5220:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2015:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29784593

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