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Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Mount Holyoke College Art Museum from directly overhead

Mount Holyoke College Art Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 60 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Lyon's Grave, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

art museum at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1876.

Wikidata Q14715727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
60 m

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25683, -72.57274

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Mary Lyon's Grave: 0.1 mi
  • Eyrie House: 2.9 mi
  • Erie Ruins: 2.9 mi
  • South Hadley Canal: 3.2 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.4 mi
Parks
  • Abbey Chapel Green: 0.1 mi
  • Skinner Green: 0.2 mi
  • Creighton Lawn: 0.3 mi
  • Abbey Green: 0.3 mi
  • Dickinson Backyard: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Cold Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Finns Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Dry Brook Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Nonotuck: 2.9 mi
Museums: 58
Gardens: 40
Attractions: 38
Artworks: 30
  • Lady Liberty: 3.8 mi
  • Guild Art Supply: 4.9 mi
  • Graffiti Wall: 5.0 mi
  • C3: 5.6 mi
  • Robert Frost: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Waterfall: 20.6 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Cascade: 22.4 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 6.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 6.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNE 46°375 m10.6 mi
Mount TomWSW 255°363 m4.0 mi
Pomeroy MountainW 271°352 m9.0 mi
East HillENE 59°338 m10.7 mi
Mount NorwottockNE 43°337 m4.6 mi
DeadtopW 266°333 m3.7 mi
Juckett HillENE 65°327 m10.9 mi
West HillNE 52°324 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781236

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