Crag Mountain
Crag Mountain rises to 456 m in Massachusetts. Mount Grace stands 491 m to the northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Crag Mountain, 1,503 feet (458 m), of the Bald Hills region of east Franklin County, Massachusetts is the southern and most apparent summit of Brush Mountain, 1,507 feet (459 m). Narrow and precipitous, the mountain offers expansive views from its open, knife-edge summit. Crag Mountain is composed of quartzite, a weather-resistant metamorphic rock. The 114 mile (183 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail traverses its summit ridge. Crag Mountain is located within the town of Northfield, Massachusetts. The west side of Crag Mountain flows into Fourmile Brook, then into the Connecticut River, which flows into Long Island Sound. The east side flows into Jack's Brook and Keyup Brook, then into the Millers River, thence the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound.
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Wikidata Q5180598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 456 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 2.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 6 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 15 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 15 mi
- view to west · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 6.1 mi
- Hazel's Park: 6.6 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 9.2 mi
- Fort House Marker: 10.1 mi
- Indian Trail Marker: 10.3 mi
- Riverfront Park: 3.2 mi
- Moores Pond Town Beach: 3.6 mi
- Northfield Mountain Riverview Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 3.8 mi
- Millers Falls Riverfront Public Access: 5.8 mi
- Brush Mountain: 0.7 mi
- First Bald Hills: 0.7 mi
- Roman T Hill: 1.0 mi
- Beers Mountain: 1.5 mi
- South Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Town Land: 1.3 mi
- Jack's Brook Forest: 1.9 mi
- Hobo Falls Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center: 2.9 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 4.0 mi
- The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 4.9 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 7.1 mi
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 7.4 mi
- Old Town Hall: 10.8 mi
- Old Academy Building: 10.9 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 2.1 mi
- Path Continues: 6.3 mi
- Stone Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 10.2 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 11.6 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 11.2 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 13.7 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 18.2 mi
- Metawampe: 18.3 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 18.4 mi
- Table Rock: 1.8 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 3.6 mi
- Introductory Buttress: 3.6 mi
- Buoux Buttress: 3.6 mi
- Main Wall: 3.6 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- North Garden: 16.4 mi
- South Garden: 16.5 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 10.7 mi
- Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 14.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 16.5 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 16.5 mi
- Hobo Falls: 1.8 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 5.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 8.4 mi
- Royalston Falls: 10.1 mi
- Doane's Falls: 10.9 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 15.6 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 16.6 mi
- Falcon Spring: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Crag Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Grace | NE 44° | 491 m | 4.6 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNW 338° | 455 m | 0.7 mi |
| Bennetts Knob | NE 44° | 444 m | 4.9 mi |
| Dry Hill | SSW 200° | 423 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mallard Hill | NE 50° | 401 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | S 185° | 389 m | 3.9 mi |
| Notch Mountain | N 4° | 389 m | 4.7 mi |
| Upper Bald Hills | N 11° | 382 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orange Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358270638
Day trips start here
- Gill · 10 mi
- Greenfield · 10 mi
- Deerfield · 12 mi
- Charlemont · 14 mi
- Erving · 14 mi
- Montague · 14 mi
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