Plum Spring Conservation Area
Plum Spring Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Leslie Farm Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 18.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 5 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 20 mi
- Waterfall · 20 mi
- Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leslie Farm Conservation Area: 0.2 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.3 mi
- Mt. Pollux Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Bay Road Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Atkins Flats Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Mount Pollux: 0.5 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 1.2 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Devils Garden: 1.7 mi
- Mount Castor: 1.8 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.0 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.7 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.7 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 4.2 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 4.6 mi
- South Amherst Common: 1.4 mi
- Groff Park: 2.6 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Field: 3.3 mi
- War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 1.2 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 1.3 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 1.6 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 3.4 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 3.5 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 4.0 mi
- Timber Frame: 8.7 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 9.7 mi
- World War II Tank: 12.9 mi
- SSG 102: 14.5 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 1.4 mi
- Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 1.6 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 3.4 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 1.5 mi
- Robert Frost: 3.4 mi
- Quinnipiac: 4.7 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 4.7 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 4.8 mi
- Titans Piazza: 5.3 mi
- Indian Leap: 11.2 mi
- Roaring Falls: 11.6 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 14.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 14.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.9 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 5.5 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 6.6 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 6.6 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 10.4 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 17.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.2 mi
- Glendale Falls: 23.7 mi
- Hobo Falls: 24.0 mi
- Rd: 11.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Plum Spring Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NE 54° | 375 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 48° | 371 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | SW 233° | 363 m | 9.3 mi |
| East Hill | E 81° | 338 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | SSW 200° | 337 m | 1.2 mi |
| Prescott Hill | NE 54° | 336 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 55° | 335 m | 10.2 mi |
| Deadtop | WSW 237° | 333 m | 8.6 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29856492
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 4 mi
- Hadley · 5 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 5 mi
- South Hadley · 6 mi
- Northampton · 7 mi
- Holyoke · 10 mi
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