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Mount Institute

Mount Institute, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.61397, -72.86954

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 49
Museums: 36
Artworks: 21
Cliffs: 19
Gardens: 16
Attractions: 14
Waterfalls: 13
  • 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
Beaches: 9
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Borden MountainW 264°761 m8.0 mi
Jillson HillN 356°677 m9.0 mi
Flat Rock HillWNW 297°668 m8.6 mi
Lewis HillW 272°655 m8.1 mi
West MountainSW 219°638 m7.3 mi
Adams MountainN 352°636 m5.3 mi
West HillW 261°623 m5.1 mi
Parker HillSSW 207°617 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1519:5120:33
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1915:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129415160646357453626

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Hawley, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358270042

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