Wilderness Area
Wilderness Area is a nature reserve in Hampshire, Massachusetts. Wilderness Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Hockanum, as well as near Thermopylae.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Holyoke and Mount Nonotuck.
Mount Holyoke
Peak
Photo: Thomas Cole, Public domain.
Mount Holyoke, a traprock mountain, elevation 935 feet, is the westernmost peak of the Holyoke Range and part of the 100-mile Metacomet Ridge. The mountain is located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, and is the namesake of nearby Mount Holyoke College.
Mount Nonotuck
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Nonotuck, 827 feet, is the northernmost peak of the Mount Tom Range of traprock mountains located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and part of the larger Metacomet Ridge which stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border.
Connecticut River Greenway State Park
Nature reserve
Photo: HP R817, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Connecticut River Greenway State Park is a protected environment with public recreation features that consists of separate state land holdings, including open spaces, parks, scenic vistas, and archaeological and historic sites, along the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Hadley and Northampton.
South Hadley
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0 us.
South Hadley is a city in the Pioneer Valley area of Massachusetts. It is home to Mount Holyoke College.
Northampton
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northampton is a city in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. It has a picturesque and vibrant downtown, consisting of numerous art galleries, restaurants and quirky shops sprinkled among coffee shops and performing arts venues.
Hadley
Hadley is a small town in the Pioneer Valley, in Western Massachusetts. Despite its small population, it has a reasonable commercial strip that harbors a few malls, providing a more mainstream shopping experience than its larger neighbors, Amherst and Northampton.
Wilderness Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.2908° or 42° 17′ 27″ northLongitude
-72.598° or 72° 35′ 53″ westOpen location code
87J97CR2+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 29856262OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Wilderness Area” goes by many names.
- German: “Wildnisgebiet”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hockanum and Thermopylae.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Titans Piazza and Hockanum Cemetery.
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