Bare Mountain
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Bare Mountain rises to 301 m in Massachusetts. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Holyoke Range Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Bare Mountain, 1,014 feet (309 m) above sea level, is a prominent peak of the Holyoke Range of traprock mountains located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts, and part of the greater Metacomet Ridge that stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border. The peak rises steeply from the river valley 1,000 feet (300 m) below; its bald summit offers sweeping views. Bare Mountain is located within the towns of Amherst and South Hadley, Massachusetts. Part of its northeastern flanks are in Hadley and part of its southern flanks are in Granby. It is traversed by the 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail.
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Wikidata Q2884413, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 301 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 19.2 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 20.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 3 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 22 mi
- view to west · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 0.7 mi
- Mount Norwottock: 1.1 mi
- Nibble Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Pollux: 2.4 mi
- South Amherst Common: 3.0 mi
- Aldrich Field: 3.1 mi
- Groff Park: 3.9 mi
- Abbey Chapel Green: 3.9 mi
- Skinner Green: 4.0 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.4 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 3.9 mi
- Eyrie House: 4.8 mi
- Erie Ruins: 4.8 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.9 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 1.2 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 1.3 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 3.5 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 3.8 mi
- Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.2 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Lithia Springs: 0.9 mi
- Atkins Farm Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Stone Hill Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 1.7 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 1.9 mi
- Student Garden: 4.0 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 4.6 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 4.8 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 1.4 mi
- Robert Frost: 4.7 mi
- C3: 5.3 mi
- Quinnipiac: 5.8 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 5.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 5.3 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 7.8 mi
- Timber Frame: 9.8 mi
- World War II Tank: 11.2 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 14.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 3.5 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.1 mi
- Roaring Falls: 12.9 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 15.7 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 16.5 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 3.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.8 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.8 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.9 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 19.5 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 20.5 mi
- Glendale Falls: 22.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Bare Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NE 53° | 375 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 48° | 371 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Tom | SW 234° | 363 m | 7.3 mi |
| East Hill | ENE 73° | 338 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | E 83° | 337 m | 1.1 mi |
| Deadtop | WSW 239° | 333 m | 6.7 mi |
| Juckett Hill | E 80° | 327 m | 7.9 mi |
| West Hill | ENE 64° | 324 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358270478
Day trips start here
- Hadley · 4 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 4 mi
- South Hadley · 4 mi
- Amherst · 5 mi
- Northampton · 5 mi
- Holyoke · 8 mi
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