Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Water Supply Land
Water Supply Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Brushy Mountain stands 380 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.33801, -72.47412
- 16.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 16.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 18.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 6 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 18 mi
- Waterfall · 18 mi
- Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Water Supply Land: 0.5 mi
- Warren Wright Road Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Amherst Water Supply Land: 0.9 mi
- Water Supply Land: 1.0 mi
- Slobody Farm Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Mount Pollux: 1.5 mi
- Grey Rocks: 1.8 mi
- Mount Castor: 1.9 mi
- Long Mountain: 2.3 mi
- West Hill: 2.6 mi
Parks
- South Amherst Common: 1.6 mi
- Groff Park: 2.6 mi
- East Common: 2.9 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 2.9 mi
- Memorial Field: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 2.7 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 2.9 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 3.3 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.3 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 58
- War Memorial Pool: 3.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 7.9 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 11.5 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 12.8 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 13.0 mi
Museums: 55
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 2.7 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 3.0 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 3.1 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 3.1 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 37
- Pick-your-own Fields: 2.8 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 3.1 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 3.1 mi
- Community Garden: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 30
- Robert Frost: 3.1 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 3.2 mi
- Quinnipiac: 4.3 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 4.4 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Titans Piazza: 7.1 mi
- Roaring Falls: 10.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 12.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 12.8 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 12
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.8 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 7.2 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 11.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Rd: 13.5 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Bear's Den Falls: 16.0 mi
- Hobo Falls: 22.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Water Supply Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mountain | N 1° | 380 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | NE 55° | 375 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 46° | 371 m | 5.0 mi |
| East Hill | E 92° | 338 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | SW 220° | 337 m | 2.9 mi |
| Prescott Hill | NE 54° | 336 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 55° | 335 m | 8.4 mi |
| Juckett Hill | ESE 101° | 327 m | 5.0 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 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29858214
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 4 mi
- Hadley · 6 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 7 mi
- Northampton · 8 mi
- South Hadley · 8 mi
- Holyoke · 12 mi
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