Mount Norwottock
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Mount Norwottock rises to 337 m in Massachusetts. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Holyoke Range Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mount Norwottuck or Mount Norwottock, 1,106 feet (337 m) above sea level, is the highest peak of the Holyoke Range of traprock mountains located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and part of the greater Metacomet Ridge which stretches from Long Island Sound to nearly the Vermont border. The peak rises steeply from the valley 1,000 feet (300 m) below and offers sweeping views of the surrounding countryside. It is located within the towns of Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts.
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Wikidata Q3321989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 337 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 18.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 19.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 4 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 21 mi
- view to west · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bare Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Pollux: 1.7 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 1.8 mi
- South Amherst Common: 2.5 mi
- Aldrich Field: 3.1 mi
- Groff Park: 3.7 mi
- Lake Vale Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- Hitchcock Field: 4.3 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 1.3 mi
- Mary Lyon's Grave: 4.7 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 4.7 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 5.4 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 5.8 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 1.4 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 1.6 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Joseph Skinner Museum: 4.3 mi
- Mead Art Museum: 4.5 mi
- Holyoke Range Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Atkins Farm Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Bay Road Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Brace Conservation Restriction: 1.0 mi
- Wellfields: 1.0 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 1.9 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 1.9 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 4.5 mi
- Student Garden: 4.7 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 4.9 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 5.1 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 8.5 mi
- Timber Frame: 8.8 mi
- World War II Tank: 11.7 mi
- SSG 102: 13.9 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 1.7 mi
- Robert Frost: 4.5 mi
- Quinnipiac: 5.7 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 5.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 5.9 mi
- Titans Piazza: 4.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.1 mi
- Roaring Falls: 12.8 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 15.4 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 4.9 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.7 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.7 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 9.3 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 18.9 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 21.6 mi
- Glendale Falls: 23.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mount Norwottock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NE 48° | 375 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 44° | 371 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 238° | 363 m | 8.3 mi |
| East Hill | ENE 71° | 338 m | 6.4 mi |
| Prescott Hill | NE 50° | 336 m | 10.7 mi |
| Deadtop | WSW 242° | 333 m | 7.7 mi |
| Juckett Hill | E 79° | 327 m | 6.9 mi |
| West Hill | ENE 61° | 324 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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/358270509
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 5 mi
- Hadley · 5 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 5 mi
- South Hadley · 5 mi
- Northampton · 6 mi
- Holyoke · 9 mi
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