Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Wilderness Area
Wilderness Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Tob Hill stands 373 m to the west, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Titans Piazza, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.29009, -72.59848
- 13.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 14.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 20.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 23.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 1 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 23 mi
- Waterfall · 23 mi
- view to west · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.7 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Mill River Division: 1.1 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Dry Brook Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Holyoke: 0.9 mi
- Mount Nonotuck: 1.3 mi
- Dry Knoll: 1.6 mi
- Goat Peak: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- Eyrie House: 1.3 mi
- Erie Ruins: 1.3 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 2.6 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 2.8 mi
- Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 3.8 mi
Parks
- Mount Tom North Trailhead Park: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Field: 2.5 mi
- Pulaski Park: 2.6 mi
- Abbey Chapel Green: 2.6 mi
- Skinner Green: 2.7 mi
Museums: 59
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 2.3 mi
- Historic Northampton: 2.6 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 2.6 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 3.6 mi
Gardens: 41
- Phoenix Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.9 mi
- Systematics Garden: 2.9 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 2.9 mi
- Capen Garden: 2.9 mi
Attractions: 38
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 5.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 7.5 mi
- World War II Tank: 9.9 mi
- Springfield Museums: 12.9 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 30
- C3: 2.9 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 4.0 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 4.1 mi
- Lady Liberty: 5.7 mi
- Robert Frost: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Titans Piazza: 0.1 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.6 mi
- Roaring Falls: 14.3 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 17.4 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 12
- Rainbow Beach: 1.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.8 mi
- David Musante Beach: 7.1 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 9.6 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 17.0 mi
- Glendale Falls: 19.2 mi
- Waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 22.3 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 3
- Rd: 7.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Wilderness Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tob Hill | W 280° | 373 m | 9.6 mi |
| Old Wolf Hill | NW 304° | 371 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | SW 217° | 363 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | WNW 292° | 361 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pomeroy Mountain | WSW 255° | 352 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | ENE 77° | 337 m | 4.6 mi |
| Deadtop | SW 223° | 333 m | 3.4 mi |
| Unquomonk Hill | NW 310° | 330 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29856262
Day trips start here
- Pioneer Valley · 1 mi
- Northampton · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 3 mi
- Hadley · 4 mi
- Holyoke · 6 mi
- Amherst · 7 mi
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