Mount Institute
Mount Institute rises to 460 m in Massachusetts. Borden Mountain stands 761 m to the west, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Thunderbolt Mountain Coaster, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Institute, 1,536 ft (468 m), is a peak located in Franklin County, Massachusetts, just south of the village of Charlemont.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8526715, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 460 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 4.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- view to west · 8 mi
- Sunset Rock · 11 mi
- Western Summit · 12 mi
- Hot Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hail to the Sunrise Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Mohawk Park: 2.9 mi
- Belding Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Field: 6.9 mi
- Field Field: 7.0 mi
- Mount Peak: 1.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Warfield Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hog Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Snow Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Hail to the Sunrise: 2.8 mi
- Cellarhole: 3.4 mi
- Bee Hive Kiln: 3.5 mi
- Quarried Stones: 3.7 mi
- Gardner Homestead Cellarhole: 5.0 mi
- Schuster Cr: 2.8 mi
- Meek Cr: 3.1 mi
- Walnut Hill Woods: 4.0 mi
- Dell Road Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
- Vclt Ce: 4.3 mi
- Buckland Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum: 5.6 mi
- Browning Bench Agricultural Museum: 6.0 mi
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 6.7 mi
- Kingman Tavern Museum: 10.6 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 12.6 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 12.7 mi
- McKinley Statue: 12.8 mi
- Mr. Bling: 13.8 mi
- C.A.V.U. (Skyspace): 14.0 mi
- Hoosac Range: 10.6 mi
- Witts Ledge: 13.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 13.8 mi
- Roaring Falls: 19.6 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 20.1 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Buxton Garden: 19.6 mi
- Hatfield Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- North Garden: 22.2 mi
- South Garden: 22.2 mi
- Thunderbolt Mountain Coaster: 0.6 mi
- Antique Truck: 3.9 mi
- Bridge of Flowers: 6.6 mi
- rock scramble: 7.3 mi
- hole in wall: 7.4 mi
- Tannery Falls: 6.9 mi
- Twin Cascade: 8.1 mi
- Lower Peck's Falls: 13.7 mi
- Peck's Falls: 13.8 mi
- Cascade on South Brook: 14.6 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 6.9 mi
- Campers Beach: 12.4 mi
- The Ledges: 15.3 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 18.4 mi
- David Musante Beach: 19.8 mi
- Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 15.2 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Mount Institute. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borden Mountain | W 264° | 761 m | 8.0 mi |
| Jillson Hill | N 356° | 677 m | 9.0 mi |
| Flat Rock Hill | WNW 297° | 668 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lewis Hill | W 272° | 655 m | 8.1 mi |
| Whitcomb Hill | WNW 301° | 641 m | 9.1 mi |
| Adams Mountain | N 352° | 636 m | 5.3 mi |
| West Hill | W 261° | 623 m | 5.1 mi |
| Parker Hill | SSW 207° | 617 m | 3.2 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 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 41 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 36 | 26 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Hawley, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358270042
Day trips start here
- Florida · 8 mi
- Charlemont · 9 mi
- Erving · 9 mi
- Montague · 9 mi
- Shelburne · 9 mi
- Cummington · 12 mi
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