Little Tom Mountain
Little Tom Mountain is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Cub Hill stands 424 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2002-08-01
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 23.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 26.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 4 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 25 mi
- view to west · 26 mi
- Waterfall · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Knob: 0.8 mi
- Whiting Peak: 0.9 mi
- Deadtop: 0.9 mi
- Mount Tom: 1.4 mi
- Dinosaur Footprints: 0.7 mi
- Jones Newton Property: 0.8 mi
- Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area: 1.2 mi
- Whiting St Watershed: 1.4 mi
- Brickyard Brook Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Eyrie House: 1.9 mi
- Erie Ruins: 1.9 mi
- First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 2.6 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 2.6 mi
- Park Z1: 1.7 mi
- Park Z2: 1.7 mi
- Jones Point Park: 1.9 mi
- Parsons St. Park: 2.0 mi
- Nonotuck Park: 2.0 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 2.7 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 2.8 mi
- Old Firehouse Museum: 2.9 mi
- Wistariahurst Museum: 3.3 mi
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame: 3.4 mi
- Student Garden: 2.9 mi
- Northampton Community Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Systematics Garden: 4.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 4.6 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 4.6 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 2.4 mi
- Lady Liberty: 3.2 mi
- C3: 5.0 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 6.8 mi
- Robert Frost: 9.8 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 3.4 mi
- World War II Tank: 7.5 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 10.4 mi
- Springfield Museums: 10.4 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 10.5 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 15.3 mi
- Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Glendale Falls: 18.7 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 21.0 mi
- Balance Rock Cascades: 23.0 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 3.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.6 mi
- David Musante Beach: 8.1 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 9.4 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 12.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 3.0 mi
- Indian Leap: 9.5 mi
- Roaring Falls: 17.2 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 20.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 22.3 mi
- Rd: 4.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 4.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 4.3 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Little Tom Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cub Hill | WNW 288° | 424 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bungy Mountain | W 259° | 405 m | 9.5 mi |
| Fisher Hill | W 280° | 400 m | 9.6 mi |
| Tob Hill | WNW 298° | 373 m | 9.1 mi |
| Breakneck Hill | W 275° | 372 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 237° | 363 m | 1.4 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | NW 310° | 361 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pomeroy Mountain | W 275° | 352 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29857515
Day trips start here
- Holyoke · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 3 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 5 mi
- Hadley · 6 mi
- Amherst · 10 mi
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