Simmons Farm Conservation Area

Simmons Farm Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Simmons Farm Conservation Area is situated nearby to the suburb South Amherst, as well as near the quarter Pomeroy Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and Mount Norwottock.

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.

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.

South Amherst Common Historic District

Park

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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 Hadley.

Amherst

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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.

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 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.

Simmons Farm 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

42.329° or 42° 19′ 44″ north

Longitude

-72.5096° or 72° 30′ 35″ west

Open location code

87J98FHR+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 868891975

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pomeroy Village and Atkins Corner.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Plum Brook Conservation Area and Mt. Pollux Conservation Area.

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