Rattlesnake Mountain
Rattlesnake Mountain rises to 312 m in Massachusetts. Crag Mountain stands 456 m to the north-northeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Buoux Buttress, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49066841, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 312 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 1.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 6 mi
- view to west · 14 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 18 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Northfield Mountain Riverview Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Riverfront Park: 2.2 mi
- Millers Falls Riverfront Public Access: 2.6 mi
- Town Common: 4.1 mi
- Unity Park: 5.4 mi
- Hazel's Park: 6.9 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 7.1 mi
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 9.0 mi
- South Athol WWII Honor Roll: 10.4 mi
- South Athol WWI Honor Roll: 10.4 mi
- Northfield Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Locke Hill: 1.2 mi
- Poplar Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hermit Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 5.6 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 8.0 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 8.8 mi
- Old Academy Building: 8.9 mi
- Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center: 1.3 mi
- Poplar Mountain Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Town Land: 2.5 mi
- Hidden Valley Memorial Forest: 2.6 mi
- Jack's Brook Forest: 2.6 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 1.6 mi
- Path Continues: 6.0 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 8.0 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 8.8 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 12.3 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 9.1 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 14.7 mi
- Metawampe: 14.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 14.9 mi
- Julius Erving: 15.0 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- North Garden: 13.0 mi
- South Garden: 13.0 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 14.9 mi
- Buoux Buttress: 0.7 mi
- The Slab: 0.7 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 0.7 mi
- French King Buttress: 0.7 mi
- Overhang Buttress: 0.8 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 11.0 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 13.0 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 13.0 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 14.0 mi
- Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 17.6 mi
- Hobo Falls: 4.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 7.2 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 9.3 mi
- Doane's Falls: 12.8 mi
- Royalston Falls: 13.0 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 16.7 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Rattlesnake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crag Mountain | NNE 24° | 456 m | 3.5 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNE 17° | 455 m | 4.0 mi |
| Dry Hill | SSW 197° | 423 m | 3.8 mi |
| Orcutt Hill | SE 144° | 394 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 123° | 389 m | 1.3 mi |
| Upper Bald Hills | NNE 19° | 382 m | 5.3 mi |
| Great Hemlock | NNE 15° | 381 m | 7.0 mi |
| Locks Hill | SSE 158° | 372 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358270584
Day trips start here
- Gill · 8 mi
- Greenfield · 8 mi
- Deerfield · 9 mi
- Charlemont · 12 mi
- Erving · 12 mi
- Montague · 12 mi
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