Holyoke Range Conservation Area

Holyoke Range Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Holyoke Range Conservation Area is situated nearby to the suburb Atkins Corner, as well as near the hamlet Aldrich Mills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bare Mountain and Mount Norwottock.

Bare Mountain

Peak

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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

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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

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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 South Hadley.

Hadley

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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.

South Hadley

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South Hadley is a city in the Pioneer Valley area of Massachusetts. It is home to Mount Holyoke College.

South Amherst

Suburb

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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.

Holyoke Range Conservation Area

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3075° or 42° 18′ 27″ north

Longitude

-72.5306° or 72° 31′ 50″ west

Operator

Town of Amherst Conservation Commission

Open location code

87J98F49+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29907497

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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