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South Amherst Common

South Amherst Common from directly overhead

South Amherst Common is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Brushy Mountain stands 380 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Station Road Farm Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

Historically known as Fiddlers Green

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.34178, -72.50438

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Castor: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Pollux: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Norwottock: 2.5 mi
  • Grey Rocks: 2.7 mi
  • Devils Garden: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Groff Park: 1.3 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 1.9 mi
  • Memorial Field: 1.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Pratt Field: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.6 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 2.9 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 3.3 mi
Museums: 58
Attractions: 52
  • War Memorial Pool: 2.7 mi
  • Timber Frame: 9.4 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 10.8 mi
  • World War II Tank: 14.2 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 34
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 12
  • Sandy Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 5.8 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 12.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of South Amherst Common. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brushy MountainN 11°380 m9.3 mi
Mount LincolnENE 70°375 m4.4 mi
Pine HillENE 58°371 m6.0 mi
East HillE 94°338 m5.7 mi
Mount NorwottockS 187°337 m2.5 mi
Prescott HillENE 61°336 m9.0 mi
Mount PleasantENE 62°335 m9.6 mi
DeadtopSW 229°333 m9.4 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1715:3616:21

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel258 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk196 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail181 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage149 obs
  • Common Raccoon147 obs
  • White-tailed Deer112 obs
  • multiflora rose95 obs
  • sensitive fern92 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29905723

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