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Peachtree Rd. Conserv. Area

Peachtree Rd. Conserv. Area from directly overhead

Peachtree Rd. Conserv. Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Mount Hitchcock stands 356 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles Buckingham Cons. Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06765, -72.47438

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Center School Park: 1.9 mi
  • Center Field: 2.1 mi
  • Gerrish Park: 2.2 mi
  • Treetop Park: 2.7 mi
  • Heritage Park: 2.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 47
Waterfalls: 24
  • Cascade: 8.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 16.9 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Cascades: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic: 20.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 12.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Peachtree Rd. Conserv. Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HitchcockE 84°356 m11.1 mi
Tupper HillESE 103°352 m10.7 mi
Bear HillESE 102°347 m10.9 mi
Peck HillE 96°336 m8.8 mi
Chestnut HillSE 127°332 m7.6 mi
Moon MountainE 86°330 m5.9 mi
Great MountainE 81°325 m10.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillSE 125°323 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29856895

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