Mount Tom
Mount Tom rises to 363 m in Massachusetts. Mount Pisgah stands 468 m to the west-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mount Tom, 1,202 feet (366 m), is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. The mountain is the southernmost and highest peak of the Mount Tom Range and the highest traprock peak of the 100-mile (160 km) long Metacomet Ridge. A popular outdoor recreation resource, the mountain is known for its continuous line of cliffs and talus slopes visible from the south and west, its dramatic 1,100-foot (340 m) rise over the surrounding Connecticut River Valley, and its rare plant communities and microclimate ecosystems. Located in Easthampton and Holyoke, Mount Tom is traversed by the 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and is the transmitter location for three Springfield–Holyoke television stations: WGBY, WGGB, and WSHM-LD, and for radio stations WHYN-FM and WWEI. The name "Mount Tom" is sometimes used to describe the entire Mount Tom Range.
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Wikidata Q3322152, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 363 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 11.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 27.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 5 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 25 mi
- view to west · 26 mi
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area: 0.3 mi
- Broad Brook Meadows Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Whiting St Watershed: 0.7 mi
- Boruchowski Parcel: 0.7 mi
- Town Forest: 1.0 mi
- Mt. Tom B-17 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- First Leutenant Edward W. Kennedy Monument: 2.2 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Eyrie House: 3.0 mi
- Erie Ruins: 3.0 mi
- Deadtop: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Whiting Peak: 1.3 mi
- Crafts Hill: 2.0 mi
- Nonotuck Park: 1.2 mi
- Kenney Fields: 1.4 mi
- Kenny Park: 1.4 mi
- Daley Field: 1.7 mi
- Jones Point Park: 1.8 mi
- Wistariahurst Museum: 3.0 mi
- Old Firehouse Museum: 3.1 mi
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame: 3.3 mi
- Holyoke Children's Museum: 3.3 mi
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: 4.0 mi
- Student Garden: 4.1 mi
- Northampton Community Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Systematics Garden: 5.3 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 5.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 5.3 mi
- Guild Art Supply: 1.9 mi
- Lady Liberty: 3.1 mi
- C3: 5.8 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 8.2 mi
- Westfield is Fantastic: 9.3 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 3.3 mi
- World War II Tank: 7.2 mi
- Springfield Museums: 10.0 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 10.0 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 11.7 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 14.2 mi
- Waterfall: 16.9 mi
- Glendale Falls: 17.9 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 19.7 mi
- Balance Rock Cascades: 21.6 mi
- Titans Piazza: 4.3 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.0 mi
- Roaring Falls: 18.3 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 21.4 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 23.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 4.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.7 mi
- David Musante Beach: 8.3 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 10.0 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 13.8 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 3.3 mi
- Rd: 3.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 3.3 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 7.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | WNW 302° | 468 m | 9.7 mi |
| Dry Hill | NW 308° | 454 m | 10.1 mi |
| Spruce Hill | WNW 300° | 438 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cub Hill | WNW 295° | 424 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bungy Mountain | W 263° | 405 m | 8.3 mi |
| Fisher Hill | WNW 287° | 400 m | 8.6 mi |
| Tob Hill | NW 306° | 373 m | 8.5 mi |
| Breakneck Hill | W 280° | 372 m | 8.5 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 | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:37 | 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 | 25 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358270410
Day trips start here
- Holyoke · 3 mi
- South Hadley · 4 mi
- Northampton · 5 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 5 mi
- Hadley · 8 mi
- Ludlow · 10 mi
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