Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Town of Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is situated nearby to the hamlet West Pelham, as well as near Amherst Woods.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Lincoln and Mount Orient.
Mount Lincoln
Peak
Photo: Pgagnon999, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Lincoln, 1,240 feet, is a high point on the Pelham Dome or Pelham Hills, an upland plateau overlooking the Connecticut River Valley in Pelham, Massachusetts.
Mount Orient
Peak
Mount Orient, 955 feet, is a south-facing high point on an upland plateau overlooking the Connecticut River Valley in Pelham, Massachusetts. Although the summit is wooded, a lower, south-facing ledge of exfoliating metamorphic rock provides views of the Holyoke Range and the east-central Pioneer Valley.
South Amherst Common Historic District
Park
The South Amherst Common Historic District encompasses the village common and surrounding buildings of South Amherst, Massachusetts. This area developed as a rural residential village hub in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and South Amherst.
Amherst
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Pelham
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pelham is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,280 at the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is shared with Amherst. Pelham is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.3599° or 42° 21′ 36″ northLongitude
-72.4603° or 72° 27′ 37″ westOpen location code
87J99G5Q+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 29912039OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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