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Ruth McIntire Conservation Area

Ruth McIntire Conservation Area from directly overhead

Ruth McIntire Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the north-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Heronemus Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 9.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.44710, -72.51776

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bull Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pulpit Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Joshua Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Boreas: 2.2 mi
  • Roaring Mountain: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • Cushman Common: 2.4 mi
  • Mill River Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Brandywine Park: 2.9 mi
  • Sunderland Town Park: 3.1 mi
  • Athletic Fields North: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 4.0 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Old Chapel: 4.0 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 4.7 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 5.1 mi
Museums: 51
Attractions: 34
  • War Memorial Pool: 4.7 mi
  • Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 8.2 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 10.5 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 12.3 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 26
Artworks: 26
Cliffs: 20
  • Roaring Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 5.8 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 8.9 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 8.9 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 10.9 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear's Den Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 18.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Ruth McIntire Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry HillNNE 21°423 m7.2 mi
Mount TobyNNW 340°386 m3.0 mi
Packard MountainE 83°386 m8.5 mi
Brushy MountainNE 53°380 m3.1 mi
Mount LincolnSE 140°375 m7.5 mi
Locks HillNE 49°372 m7.7 mi
Pine HillSE 125°371 m7.1 mi
Morse HillNE 49°366 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4920:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212334465867727062503828
Precip in3.43.03.73.73.84.64.54.74.74.93.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29911492

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