Harkness Conservation Area
Harkness Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Town of Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Harkness Conservation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet West Pelham, as well as near Amherst Woods.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Orient and Mount Lincoln.
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.
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.
Amherst station
Railway station
Photo: HP R817, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Amherst is a former intercity rail station located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The station was built by the Amherst and Belchertown Railroad in 1853; it was served by the Central Vermont Railway until 1947.
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.
Harkness Conservation Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: forest and recreation area
- Location: Town of Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3649° or 42° 21′ 54″ northLongitude
-72.4685° or 72° 28′ 7″ westOpen location code
87J99G7J+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 869777866OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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