Thayer Brook Conservation Area
Thayer Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the east-southeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilbraham Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 24.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Ridge: 0.8 mi
- Indian Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Indian Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Allard Property: 1.3 mi
- Sunrise Peak Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Mount Chapin: 1.1 mi
- Mount Marcy: 1.3 mi
- Wigwam Hill: 1.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 1.8 mi
- Pinnacle Peak: 2.0 mi
- Crane Park: 2.1 mi
- Gazebo Park: 2.2 mi
- Flynt Park: 3.3 mi
- Knox Trail Park: 3.3 mi
- Spectacle Pond: 3.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.2 mi
- Frank A Hyrniewicz Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Stone Fountain: 4.5 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 5.7 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Childrens Museum: 2.4 mi
- Childrens Museum: 2.4 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 3.7 mi
- Titanic Museum: 6.4 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 9.4 mi
- SSG 102: 4.1 mi
- Goat Rock: 4.4 mi
- Path Continues: 7.7 mi
- Path Continues: 7.9 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 10.1 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 10.1 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 10.1 mi
- Yertle Garden: 10.1 mi
- Student Garden: 13.1 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 5.0 mi
- Horton Court: 10.1 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 10.1 mi
- The Storyteller: 10.1 mi
- The Lorax: 10.1 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 10.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.8 mi
- Streeter Beach: 13.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 13.8 mi
- Cascade: 9.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 17.4 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 20.8 mi
- Cascades: 21.7 mi
- Cascades: 21.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 5.8 mi
- Titans Piazza: 16.1 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 21.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 22.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 24.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
- Picnic: 17.1 mi
- Rd: 14.5 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Thayer Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | ESE 109° | 379 m | 8.2 mi |
| Steerage Rock | ENE 78° | 367 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | ESE 108° | 356 m | 7.0 mi |
| Tupper Hill | SE 134° | 352 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | SE 132° | 347 m | 8.5 mi |
| Moss Hill | SE 129° | 341 m | 8.8 mi |
| Peck Hill | SE 135° | 336 m | 6.2 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | SSE 168° | 332 m | 8.1 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 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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