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Catamount

Catamount from directly overhead

Catamount is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 371 m. Adams Mountain stands 636 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pocumtuck Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America

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Coordinates42.65300, -72.75600

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pocumtuck Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Pine Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Houghton Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Bald Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Aunt Sophies Peak: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Field: 3.9 mi
  • Ball Park: 5.1 mi
  • Mohawk Park: 8.0 mi
  • Hail to the Sunrise Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
  • Hillside Park: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 33
  • Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Buckland Historical Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Browning Bench Agricultural Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Powers Institute Museum: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 21
Cliffs: 19
Gardens: 18
Attractions: 16
  • rock scramble: 2.4 mi
  • Wolves Den: 2.5 mi
  • rock overhang: 2.6 mi
  • hole in wall: 2.6 mi
  • Bridge of Flowers: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Twin Cascade: 12.7 mi
  • Tannery Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Lower Peck's Falls: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 8.8 mi
  • The Ledges: 13.9 mi
  • Green Mountain Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Campers Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 20.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Catamount. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Adams MountainWNW 291°636 m7.0 mi
Underwood HillNW 323°580 m6.8 mi
Todd MountainWNW 295°579 m6.7 mi
Pocumtuck MountainW 266°561 m0.9 mi
Clark HillNNW 342°552 m6.3 mi
Burnt HillWNW 295°547 m2.7 mi
Phillips HillN 352°547 m5.6 mi
Phillips HillN 351°545 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1419:5020:33
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1915:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129415160646357453626

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Hawley, 8 mi away.

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