Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Temple Brook Conservation Area
Temple Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.05922, -72.35999
- 18.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 29.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Temple Brook Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Miller Forest Tract: 0.3 mi
- Miller Forest Tract: 0.4 mi
- Boulder Hill: 0.6 mi
- Boulder Hill: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Little Moon Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Moon Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.1 mi
- Wood Hill: 2.4 mi
Parks
- Hampden Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Flynt Park: 3.4 mi
- Gerrish Park: 3.8 mi
- Gazebo Park: 5.6 mi
- Crane Park: 5.7 mi
Museums
- Keep Homestead Museum: 3.3 mi
- Childrens Museum: 5.1 mi
- Childrens Museum: 5.2 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 6.6 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
- Civil War Monument: 5.7 mi
- Frank A Hyrniewicz Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Stone Fountain: 8.3 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 9.3 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 55
- Goat Rock: 3.7 mi
- Path Continues: 6.5 mi
- Path Continues: 6.7 mi
- SSG 102: 6.8 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 51
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 12.0 mi
- Yertle Garden: 12.0 mi
- sensory garden: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 50
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 8.9 mi
- The Three Graces: 11.4 mi
- Horton Court: 12.0 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 12.0 mi
- The Storyteller: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 12
- Staffordville Beach: 6.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.8 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 9.8 mi
- Streeter Beach: 12.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Cascade: 5.8 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 13.9 mi
- Cascades: 17.5 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 17.5 mi
- Cascades: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Indian Leap: 9.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 19.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 19.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 20.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Enfield: 17.8 mi
- Greenwich: 21.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 21.8 mi
- Prescott: 23.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.4 mi
Springs: 4
- Rd: 17.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 17.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
- Picnic: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Temple Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | ESE 111° | 396 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | ENE 78° | 379 m | 6.4 mi |
| Steerage Rock | NE 50° | 367 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | ENE 71° | 356 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | SE 131° | 354 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tupper Hill | ESE 113° | 352 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | ESE 109° | 347 m | 5.1 mi |
| Moss Hill | ESE 107° | 341 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:36 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 7 mi away.
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