Rock House Reservation
Rock House Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Ragged Hill stands 368 m to the northeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Rock House, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Trustees of Reservations
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.3 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 20 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 22 mi
- Waterfall · 26 mi
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Rock House: 0.2 mi
- Path Continues: 5.1 mi
- Path Continues: 5.2 mi
- Path Continues?: 5.7 mi
- Timber Frame: 7.3 mi
- Coy Hill Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Lucy Stone Home Site: 1.1 mi
- Coy Hill Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Swenson Land: 2.0 mi
- Ware River Access: 2.1 mi
- Ragged Hill: 1.5 mi
- Coys Hill: 1.7 mi
- Colonels Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Whortleberry Hill: 3.0 mi
- Dougal Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Grenville Park: 1.6 mi
- Nenamesek Park: 2.1 mi
- Veterans' Park: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Field: 2.3 mi
- Memorial Field: 3.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam: 3.1 mi
- KIA Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Warren Civil War Monument: 4.0 mi
- Dr. Milman Pease Fountain: 6.3 mi
- Winsor Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Stone House Museum: 10.3 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 10.4 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 13.4 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 13.4 mi
- Childrens Museum: 16.3 mi
- Motion: 15.0 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 15.8 mi
- Guitar: 16.9 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 17.3 mi
- Robert Frost: 17.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 12.4 mi
- Small House Garden: 12.4 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 16.8 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 3.5 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 8.1 mi
- Streeter Beach: 11.7 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 15.6 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 19.0 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 9.7 mi
- Overlook: 13.5 mi
- Indian Leap: 16.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 17.4 mi
- Titans Piazza: 20.4 mi
- Rd: 23.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.9 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.9 mi
- Picnic: 18.5 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 19.8 mi
- Cascade: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Rock House Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | NE 36° | 368 m | 1.5 mi |
| Steerage Rock | S 188° | 367 m | 8.9 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | SW 214° | 362 m | 2.9 mi |
| Coys Hill | SSW 192° | 356 m | 1.7 mi |
| Tufts Hill | ENE 62° | 351 m | 6.8 mi |
| Poverty Hill | N 1° | 348 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bell Hill | E 83° | 336 m | 5.9 mi |
| Tower Hill | S 180° | 336 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
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 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 8 mi away.
- Smooth Yellow Violet242 obs
- pitch pine154 obs
- dwarf ginseng98 obs
- American hophornbeam49 obs
- Cucumber Root23 obs
- pink lady's slipper22 obs
- yellow birch20 obs
- perfoliate bellwort20 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29914422
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 11 mi
- Holland · 14 mi
- Ludlow · 16 mi
- South County · 16 mi
- Southbridge · 16 mi
- Amherst · 18 mi
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