Mount Holyoke
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Mount Holyoke rises to 271 m in Massachusetts. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mount Holyoke, a traprock mountain, elevation 935 feet (285 m), is the westernmost peak of the Holyoke Range and part of the 100-mile (160 km) Metacomet Ridge. The mountain is located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, and is the namesake of nearby Mount Holyoke College. The mountain is located in the towns of Hadley and South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is known for its historic summit house, auto road, scenic vistas, and biodiversity. The mountain is crossed by the 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and numerous shorter trails. Mount Holyoke is the home of J.A. Skinner State Park which is accessible from Route 47 in Hadley, Massachusetts.
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Wikidata Q3321866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 19.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 22.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall · 22 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 22 mi
- view to west · 23 mi
- Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.7 mi
- Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.7 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.8 mi
- Dry Brook Hill: 1.6 mi
- Nibble Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Nonotuck: 2.2 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 2.2 mi
- Dry Knoll: 2.5 mi
- Eyrie House: 2.2 mi
- Erie Ruins: 2.2 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 3.0 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 3.2 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 3.7 mi
- Mount Tom North Trailhead Park: 2.3 mi
- Pulaski Park: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Field: 2.6 mi
- Sheldon Field: 2.6 mi
- Smith College Athletic Fields: 3.0 mi
- Historic Northampton: 2.5 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 2.8 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 2.8 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 3.1 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 2.2 mi
- Capen Garden: 2.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.9 mi
- Systematics Garden: 2.9 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 2.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 6.6 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 6.7 mi
- World War II Tank: 10.6 mi
- Timber Frame: 12.6 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 13.6 mi
- C3: 2.8 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 3.2 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 4.8 mi
- Robert Frost: 6.0 mi
- Lady Liberty: 6.5 mi
- Titans Piazza: 0.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 11.0 mi
- Roaring Falls: 13.5 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 16.5 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 19.1 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 1.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.1 mi
- David Musante Beach: 7.1 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 8.7 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 8.8 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 17.7 mi
- Glendale Falls: 19.6 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 21.3 mi
- Waterfall: 21.8 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 24.8 mi
- Rd: 8.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Mount Holyoke. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | ENE 63° | 375 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | SW 217° | 363 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | WNW 286° | 361 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pomeroy Mountain | WSW 251° | 352 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | E 86° | 337 m | 3.9 mi |
| Deadtop | SW 221° | 333 m | 4.4 mi |
| Unquomonk Hill | NW 305° | 330 m | 9.3 mi |
| West Hill | ENE 71° | 324 m | 8.9 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 | 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/358270495
Day trips start here
- Pioneer Valley · 1 mi
- Hadley · 3 mi
- Northampton · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 3 mi
- Amherst · 6 mi
- Holyoke · 7 mi
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