Crum Hill
Crum Hill rises to 863 m in Massachusetts. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Crum Hill, 2,841 feet (866 m), located in northwest Massachusetts, United States, in the towns of Monroe and Florida, is the highest point in Franklin County. The mountain, part of the Hoosac Range (a west facing escarpment rising from the Hoosic River Valley directly east of North Adams, Massachusetts), is crossed by a trail system maintained by a local snowmobile club, the Florida Mountaineers. They maintain a trail map on their website. Although Crum Hill is the highest geologic point of the Berkshires, Mount Greylock, 3,491 feet (1,064 m), part of the Taconic Mountains and unrelated to the Berkshires geology, is often misattributed with the high point. The summit of Crum Hill is located in the town of Monroe, Franklin County; the west side of the mountain is located in the town of Florida, part of Berkshire County. The north and east sides of Crum Hill drain into Dunbar Brook, thence into the Deerfield River, the Connecticut River, and Long Island Sound; the west side drains into the Cold River, thence into the Deerfield River; and the south side drains into the Deerfield River via several small brooks. The summit is also the site of the Hoosac Wind Power Project.
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Wikidata Q5190025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 863 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 4.9 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hot Point · 2 mi
- Hairpin Turn · 2 mi
- Western Summit · 3 mi
- Sunset Rock · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Blackpoll Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Bakke Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Whitcomb Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pine Cobble: 2.4 mi
- Florida State Forest: 1.8 mi
- Hoosac Range: 2.8 mi
- Reed Brook Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Natural Bridge State Park: 3.6 mi
- Clarksburg State Park: 3.6 mi
- Trail Head Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Kemp Park: 4.1 mi
- Windsor Lake Park: 4.2 mi
- Freeman Park: 4.5 mi
- Colgrove Park: 4.6 mi
- Hoosac Tunnel - Whitcomb Hill Alignment Tower: 2.5 mi
- Hoosac Tunnel East Test Portal: 2.7 mi
- Plow: 3.1 mi
- Hoosac Tunnel - Spruce Hill Alignment Tower: 3.5 mi
- Busby Farm Cellar Hole: 3.6 mi
- Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum: 6.1 mi
- Browning Bench Agricultural Museum: 6.3 mi
- Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum: 7.8 mi
- Mehlin Museum of Astronomy: 9.2 mi
- Williams College Museum of Art: 9.3 mi
- Mr. Bling: 4.8 mi
- C.A.V.U. (Skyspace): 5.0 mi
- The Wind Chimes: 7.3 mi
- McKinley Statue: 7.9 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 8.1 mi
- Antique Truck: 6.3 mi
- Thunderbolt Mountain Coaster: 9.6 mi
- Bridge of Flowers: 16.0 mi
- rock scramble: 16.0 mi
- Wolves Den: 16.2 mi
- Twin Cascade: 2.5 mi
- Tannery Falls: 6.1 mi
- Money Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lower Peck's Falls: 8.6 mi
- Peck's Falls: 8.6 mi
- Hoosac Range: 1.3 mi
- Witts Ledge: 5.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 7.5 mi
- Clover Mountain: 22.9 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Campers Beach: 4.0 mi
- The Ledges: 11.3 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 15.5 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 16.9 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 18.4 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 6.1 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Buxton Garden: 10.4 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Crum Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Greylock | SW 236° | 1,063 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Fitch | WSW 242° | 945 m | 8.1 mi |
| Houghton Mountain | NNW 336° | 939 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Williams | WSW 247° | 901 m | 7.6 mi |
| Scrub Hill | NW 325° | 883 m | 7.9 mi |
| Spruce Hill | NNW 330° | 858 m | 8.5 mi |
| Blackpoll Mountain | NW 304° | 838 m | 1.3 mi |
| The Dome | WNW 302° | 836 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Adams Harriman AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 607548 — Crum Hill, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358269653
Day trips start here
- Florida · 3 mi
- North Adams · 5 mi
- Adams · 8 mi
- Williamstown · 9 mi
- Cheshire · 13 mi
- New Ashford · 13 mi
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