Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Massachusetts
• Level 2: Hampshire County
• Level 3: Town of Amherst

Current local time in Amherst:

05:58 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Amherst on map:^[1]

Amherst GPS coordinates^[2]

42° 22' 2.028" North, 72° 31' 6.672" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	42.88458°,	-73.22165°
Center:	42.36723°,	-72.51852°
Lower-right:	41.84559°,	-71.8154°
Map W x H:	115.5×115.5 km	= 71.8×71.8mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑21.3% North
Amherst:	42.36723°
min Lat:	⇓78.7% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Amherst	max Long
-171.73463°	-72.51852°	-66.98998°
W 94.8%⇐		⇒5.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Amherst is 79 m = 259 ft, and this is 215.8 m = 708 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	73.7%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Amherst	79 m = 259 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	26.3%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Amherst is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2104.9 km =1307.9 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Amherst
North Pole	5296.3	3291	to North
Arctic Circle	2690.4	1671.7	to North
Tropic Cancer	2104.9	1307.9	to South
Equator	4710.8	2927.2	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Amherst: (largest is in red/bold)

• Amherst Center 0.9 km =0.6 mi, 356°
• Belchertown 13.9 km =8.6 mi, 136°
• Easthampton 16.7 km =10.4 mi, 227°
• Granby 12.3 km =7.6 mi, 179°
• Hadley 6.4 km =4 mi, 243°
• Hatfield 6.6 km =4.1 mi, 273°
• Leverett 9.5 km =5.9 mi, 8°
• North Amherst 4.9 km =3 mi, 348°
• Northampton 11.1 km =6.9 mi, 245°
• Pelham 9.9 km =6.2 mi, 73°
• Shutesbury 13.3 km =8.3 mi, 41°
• South Amherst 3.2 km =2 mi, 159°
• South Deerfield 14.3 km =8.9 mi, 329°
• South Hadley 12.9 km =8 mi, 200°
• Whately 12.5 km =7.8 mi, 310°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Амхерст