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Wellfields

Wellfields from directly overhead

Wellfields is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bay Road Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Amherst Conservation Commission
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31396, -72.49443

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.6 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 4.6 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 5.0 mi
Parks
  • South Amherst Common: 2.0 mi
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 3.0 mi
  • Groff Park: 3.3 mi
  • Aldrich Field: 3.8 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 59
Gardens: 42
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Bear's Den Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Cascade: 24.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 11.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Wellfields. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNE 46°375 m5.0 mi
Pine HillNE 42°371 m6.9 mi
Mount TomWSW 238°363 m9.3 mi
East HillENE 74°338 m5.4 mi
Mount NorwottockSW 235°337 m1.0 mi
Prescott HillNE 50°336 m9.7 mi
DeadtopWSW 241°333 m8.7 mi
Juckett HillE 83°327 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29912353

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