Atkins Farm Conservation Area
Atkins Farm Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Atkins Farm Conservation Area is situated nearby to the suburb Atkins Corner, as well as near the quarter Pomeroy Village.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bare Mountain and Mount Norwottock.
Bare Mountain
Peak
Bare Mountain, 1,014 feet above sea level, is a prominent peak of the Holyoke Range of traprock mountains located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts, and part of the greater Metacomet Ridge that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border.
Mount Norwottock
Peak
Mount Norwottuck or Mount Norwottock, 1,106 feet above sea level, is the highest peak of the Holyoke Range of traprock mountains located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and part of the greater Metacomet Ridge which stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border.
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Museum
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10 and is located within the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hadley and Amherst.
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.Amherst
Amherst is a town in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Amherst is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, and Hampshire College.South Amherst
Suburb
South Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census.
Atkins Farm Conservation Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3154° or 42° 18′ 56″ north
Longitude
-72.5235° or 72° 31′ 25″ west
Inception
January 12th, 1993
Operator
Town of Amherst Conservation Commission
Open location code
87J98F8G+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
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