Mount Nonotuck
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Mount Nonotuck rises to 231 m in Massachusetts. Spruce Hill stands 438 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Eyrie House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mount Nonotuck, 827 feet (252 m), is the northernmost peak of the Mount Tom Range of traprock mountains located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and part of the larger Metacomet Ridge which stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border. Rugged and considered scenic, the peak rises steeply from the river valley 700 feet (210 m) below. It is located within the town of Holyoke. The 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, maintained by the Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, crosses Mt. Nonotuck, and a seasonal auto road (closed to vehicles indefinitely due to deteriorating conditions, hikers still welcome) climbs to a small parking lot just beneath the summit. During the winter, the auto road is often used for cross country skiing.
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Wikidata Q3321987, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 231 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 21.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 24.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 2 mi
- view to west · 24 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 25 mi
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parsons St. Park: 1.7 mi
- Lower Mill Pond Park: 2.0 mi
- Veterans Field: 2.5 mi
- Ray Ellerbook Field: 2.6 mi
- Catherine Root Park: 2.6 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 2.8 mi
- Historic Northampton: 2.9 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 2.9 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 4.6 mi
- Eyrie House: 0.0 mi
- Erie Ruins: 0.0 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 2.4 mi
- Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 2.9 mi
- Dry Knoll: 0.3 mi
- Goat Peak: 0.8 mi
- Dry Brook Hill: 1.3 mi
- Whiting Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mount Holyoke: 2.2 mi
- Old Pascommuck Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.7 mi
- Mill River Division: 1.2 mi
- Wilderness Area: 1.3 mi
- Lovefield Wellfield: 1.5 mi
- Northampton Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 2.7 mi
- Systematics Garden: 2.8 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.8 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 2.8 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 2.7 mi
- C3: 3.1 mi
- Lady Liberty: 5.0 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 5.3 mi
- Robert Frost: 8.1 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 5.3 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 8.7 mi
- World War II Tank: 9.4 mi
- Springfield Museums: 12.3 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 12.3 mi
- Titans Piazza: 1.4 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.7 mi
- Roaring Falls: 15.3 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 18.4 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 21.2 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 1.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.7 mi
- David Musante Beach: 6.7 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 10.5 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 10.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 15.8 mi
- Glendale Falls: 18.3 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 22.7 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 23.5 mi
- Balance Rock Cascades: 24.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mount Nonotuck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Hill | WNW 281° | 438 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cub Hill | W 276° | 424 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bascom Hill | NW 306° | 375 m | 9.4 mi |
| Tob Hill | WNW 286° | 373 m | 8.6 mi |
| Old Wolf Hill | NW 311° | 371 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 208° | 363 m | 3.0 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | WNW 299° | 361 m | 8.5 mi |
| Petticoat Hill | NW 318° | 359 m | 9.4 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 609053 — Mount Nonotuck, Hampden County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358270507
Day trips start here
- Pioneer Valley · 2 mi
- Northampton · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 3 mi
- Hadley · 5 mi
- Holyoke · 5 mi
- Amherst · 8 mi
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