Puffers Pond Conservation Area
Puffers Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Puffers Pond North Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Amherst
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 14.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 2.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 9 mi
- Waterfall · 13 mi
- Overlook · 14 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Mill River Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Parsons Hill Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Hawley Swamp Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Eastman Brook Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Cushman Brook Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Pulpit Hill: 0.3 mi
- Mount Boreas: 1.5 mi
- Flat Hills: 1.5 mi
- Poverty Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Bull Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mill River Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
- Cushman Common: 0.6 mi
- Brandywine Park: 1.0 mi
- Athletic Fields North: 1.4 mi
- Fraternity Park: 1.5 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 1.9 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Old Chapel: 2.0 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.0 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.0 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 1.9 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.0 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 2.5 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 2.8 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 2.8 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 2.6 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 10.0 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 12.5 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 12.7 mi
- Timber Frame: 13.2 mi
- South Garden: 0.2 mi
- North Garden: 0.3 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 1.9 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 2.1 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 2.3 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Metawampe: 1.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 2.0 mi
- Julius Erving: 2.0 mi
- Jack Leaman: 2.0 mi
- Roaring Falls: 5.1 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 7.9 mi
- Titans Piazza: 9.5 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 10.9 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 10.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 0.0 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 0.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 7.1 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 9.0 mi
- David Musante Beach: 10.6 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 13.1 mi
- Hobo Falls: 17.7 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 22.3 mi
- Doane's Falls: 22.7 mi
- Doane's Falls: 22.8 mi
- Rd: 16.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.9 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Puffers Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Toby | N 349° | 386 m | 5.0 mi |
| Packard Mountain | ENE 70° | 386 m | 9.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 32° | 380 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | SE 127° | 375 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | ESE 109° | 371 m | 6.2 mi |
| Morse Hill | NE 35° | 366 m | 6.5 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 354° | 356 m | 4.7 mi |
| East Hill | SE 131° | 338 m | 8.5 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 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/900443818
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 3 mi
- Hadley · 6 mi
- Northampton · 9 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 9 mi
- Deerfield · 10 mi
- South Hadley · 11 mi
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