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Quaboag River Cons. Area

Quaboag River Cons. Area from directly overhead

Quaboag River Cons. Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the south, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Midura Family Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18180, -72.26322

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Devils Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Cooks Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Fenton Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Fox Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Kings Mountain: 2.8 mi
Parks
  • Dean Park: 2.6 mi
  • Cutter Park: 3.8 mi
  • Chase Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Tyler Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • Warren Common: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • SSG 102: 3.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.2 mi
  • The Rock House: 6.9 mi
  • Path Continues?: 7.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 55
Gardens: 38
Artworks: 36
Beaches: 13
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 14.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 20.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Quaboag River Cons. Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahS 170°379 m7.3 mi
Ragged HillNNE 29°368 m8.4 mi
Steerage RockSE 144°367 m3.4 mi
Colonels MountainNNE 23°362 m4.0 mi
Coys HillNNE 33°356 m5.3 mi
Mount HitchcockS 178°356 m6.7 mi
Tower HillESE 119°336 m3.7 mi
Peck HillSSW 193°336 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29674271

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