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White Brook Plains Conservation Area

White Brook Plains Conservation Area from directly overhead

White Brook Plains Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 9.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1994-10-28
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.24374, -72.67524

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Nonotuck Park: 0.9 mi
  • Daley Field: 1.0 mi
  • John Bator Park: 1.5 mi
  • Main Street Park: 2.0 mi
  • Lower Mill Pond Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Tom: 1.4 mi
  • Deadtop: 1.7 mi
  • Whiting Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Whiteloaf Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Little Mountain: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 3.3 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Erie Ruins: 3.8 mi
  • Eyrie House: 3.8 mi
Museums
Gardens: 38
  • Northampton Community Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Student Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Ruth Brown Richardson border: 5.5 mi
  • Systematics Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Guild Art Supply: 1.5 mi
  • Lady Liberty: 4.2 mi
  • C3: 6.0 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 8.7 mi
  • Epiphany: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 26
Waterfalls: 20
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Waterfall: 15.8 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 16
Beaches: 11
Springs: 3
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.6 mi
  • Rd: 3.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of White Brook Plains Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahNW 306°468 m8.5 mi
Dry HillNW 313°454 m9.0 mi
Spruce HillNW 304°438 m7.7 mi
Cub HillWNW 299°424 m7.2 mi
Bungy MountainW 260°405 m6.9 mi
Fisher HillWNW 289°400 m7.3 mi
Bascom HillNNW 329°375 m9.4 mi
Tob HillNW 311°373 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29855964

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