Mount Toby
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Mount Toby rises to 386 m in Massachusetts. Dry Hill stands 423 m to the northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Ox Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Mount Toby, 1,269 feet (387 m), is the highest summit of a sprawling collection of mostly wooded hills and knolls that rise from a distinct plateau-like upland in the towns of Sunderland and Leverett, Massachusetts, just east of the Connecticut River. This mountain mass, part of the Metacomet Ridge geology, is oval shaped and roughly three miles by two miles wide. Although three of the subordinate peaks have names of their own (Roaring Mountain, Ox Hill, Bull Hill), none of them are noteworthy on their own, and the designation “Mount Toby” is most often used (locally and formally) to describe the entire geologic mass. This article, therefore, describes the entire Mount Toby upland. Mount Toby is notable for its high biodiversity, attractive woodlands, waterfalls, and its glacial kettle ponds (most notably Cranberry Pond). Although the summit is wooded, there is a fire tower, open to the public, which provides 360-degree views of Amherst and the Holyoke Range in the south; the Connecticut River and Mount Sugarloaf to the west; Mount Snow, Mount Ascutney, and Mount Monadnock in the north; and the nearby Peace Pagoda in Leverett to the east. Additionally, there are several cliffs located on the lower south and southwest facing slopes overlooking the Connecticut River Valley and the town of Sunderland.
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Wikidata Q3322148, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 386 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 13.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 0.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 12 mi
- view to west · 13 mi
- Summit House · 13 mi
- stone post view · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunderland Town Park: 1.9 mi
- Herlihy Park: 3.5 mi
- South Deerfield Common: 3.7 mi
- Tri-Town Beach District: 4.2 mi
- Mill River Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Old Chapel: 6.9 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 6.9 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 7.7 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 7.8 mi
- Ox Hill: 0.4 mi
- Roaring Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Ingraham Hill: 1.7 mi
- Joshua Hill: 1.8 mi
- Stoddard Hill: 1.8 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 5.1 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 6.8 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 6.9 mi
- Amherst History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Long Plain Road Cons. Area: 1.3 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 1.4 mi
- Stoddard Hill Cons. Area: 1.5 mi
- Mount Toby Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
- Amherst College Lot: 1.8 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 5.3 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 7.5 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 7.6 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 10.4 mi
- Path Continues: 12.2 mi
- North Garden: 4.9 mi
- South Garden: 4.9 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 6.9 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 7.0 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 7.2 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 6.5 mi
- Metawampe: 6.8 mi
- Julius Erving: 6.8 mi
- Jack Leaman: 6.8 mi
- Marcus Camby: 6.8 mi
- Roaring Falls: 0.8 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 3.7 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 6.8 mi
- The Slab: 8.7 mi
- Buoux Buttress: 8.7 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.0 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.3 mi
- David Musante Beach: 12.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 13.2 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 11.4 mi
- Hobo Falls: 13.3 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 17.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 20.3 mi
- Spirit Falls: 21.1 mi
- Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Toby. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Hill | NE 43° | 423 m | 5.2 mi |
| Orcutt Hill | ENE 69° | 394 m | 8.5 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | ESE 106° | 380 m | 3.6 mi |
| Locks Hill | ENE 72° | 372 m | 7.2 mi |
| Morse Hill | E 85° | 366 m | 4.7 mi |
| Roaring Mountain | ESE 117° | 356 m | 0.6 mi |
| Country Hill | NNE 32° | 344 m | 5.9 mi |
| Field Hill | W 270° | 341 m | 8.0 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 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leverett #2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 608953 — Mount Toby, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358270465
Day trips start here
- Deerfield · 5 mi
- Amherst · 7 mi
- Gill · 8 mi
- Greenfield · 8 mi
- Charlemont · 10 mi
- Erving · 10 mi
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