Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Wildwood Conservation Area
Wildwood Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Mount Toby stands 386 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fraternity Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.39455, -72.50822
- 12.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 15.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 8 mi
- Waterfall · 15 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 16 mi
- Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fraternity Park: 0.2 mi
- Orchard Hill Bowl: 0.6 mi
- UMass Orchards: 0.6 mi
- Athletic Fields North: 0.9 mi
- Metawampe Lawn: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Hart Farm: 0.3 mi
- Gulliver Meadow Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Salem Street Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
- Hawley Swamp Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Lower Mill River Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 0.4 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Old Chapel: 1.1 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.5 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Flat Hills: 1.6 mi
- Pulpit Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Boreas: 2.1 mi
- Poverty Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mount Orient: 2.4 mi
Museums: 53
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 0.9 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.0 mi
- Emily Dickinson Museum: 1.3 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 41
- War Memorial Pool: 1.1 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 11.7 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 12.8 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 35
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 0.8 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 1.1 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 1.2 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 1.8 mi
Artworks: 31
- Metawampe: 1.0 mi
- Quinnipiac: 1.0 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 1.0 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 1.1 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 1.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Roaring Falls: 6.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 8.5 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 9.3 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 12.2 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 9
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 1.6 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 1.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 8.0 mi
- David Musante Beach: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Bear's Den Falls: 13.8 mi
- Hobo Falls: 19.1 mi
- Doane's Falls: 23.4 mi
- Doane's Falls: 23.5 mi
- Glendale Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 3
- Rd: 15.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Wildwood Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Toby | NNW 347° | 386 m | 6.6 mi |
| Packard Mountain | ENE 60° | 386 m | 9.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 20° | 380 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | ESE 116° | 375 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | E 95° | 371 m | 5.4 mi |
| Morse Hill | NNE 25° | 366 m | 7.6 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | N 351° | 356 m | 6.3 mi |
| East Hill | SE 125° | 338 m | 7.2 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 | 07:17 | 15:35 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29907291
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 1 mi
- Hadley · 5 mi
- Northampton · 8 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 8 mi
- South Hadley · 10 mi
- Deerfield · 11 mi
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