South Sugarloaf Mountain
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South Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 199 m in Massachusetts. Sikes Hill stands 451 m to the west, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Sugarloaf Mountain or Mount Sugarloaf, is a butte-like mountain located in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States, with two summits, North Sugarloaf Mountain 791 ft (241 m) and its more popular knee, South Sugarloaf Mountain 652 ft (199 m). Its cliffs, made of arkose sandstone, are a very prominent landscape feature visible for miles. Despite low elevations relative to the Berkshire Mountains to the west, dramatic cliff faces and a rise of 500 feet (150 m) to 600 feet (180 m) from the nearby Connecticut River make the mountain a popular tourist and hiking destination. Sugarloaf Mountain is the southern terminus of the Pocumtuck Range.
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Wikidata Q3503070, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 10.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 0.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 12 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 12 mi
- Waterfall · 12 mi
- view to west · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation: 0.4 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 0.8 mi
- Amherst College Lot: 2.2 mi
- Russell Hill: 2.6 mi
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park: 2.6 mi
- North Sugarloaf Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bull Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Toby: 3.1 mi
- Bull Hill: 3.3 mi
- Roaring Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Herlihy Park: 0.8 mi
- South Deerfield Common: 0.9 mi
- Tri-Town Beach District: 1.2 mi
- Sunderland Town Park: 1.3 mi
- Omasta Well Field: 4.3 mi
- Old Chapel: 6.5 mi
- William Smith Clark Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel: 6.9 mi
- Mill River Dam: 7.6 mi
- Site of the Williamsburg Reservoir Dam: 7.6 mi
- Leverett Family Museum: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Hall Museum: 5.1 mi
- Rausch Mineral Gallery: 6.5 mi
- University Museum of Contemporary Art: 6.6 mi
- Hatfield Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 5.3 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 7.4 mi
- Greenfield Energy Park: 8.0 mi
- Bridge of Flowers: 11.9 mi
- hole in wall: 12.5 mi
- North Garden: 5.0 mi
- South Garden: 5.0 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 6.6 mi
- Class of 1954 Garden: 6.6 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 6.8 mi
- Roaring Falls: 3.8 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 6.5 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 9.6 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 9.6 mi
- French King Buttress: 11.3 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 6.2 mi
- Jack Leaman: 6.3 mi
- Julius Erving: 6.3 mi
- John Calipari: 6.3 mi
- Marcus Camby: 6.3 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 14.4 mi
- Hobo Falls: 15.6 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 20.2 mi
- Glendale Falls: 20.8 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 23.0 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 5.2 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 5.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.6 mi
- David Musante Beach: 10.0 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 11.2 mi
- Rd: 19.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 19.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.3 mi
- Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of South Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sikes Hill | W 273° | 451 m | 7.5 mi |
| High Ridge | WSW 257° | 447 m | 6.6 mi |
| Walnut Hill | WSW 248° | 432 m | 7.4 mi |
| Smith Hill | W 281° | 427 m | 7.3 mi |
| Dry Hill | W 262° | 415 m | 6.5 mi |
| Dry Hill | WSW 254° | 396 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Toby | ENE 66° | 386 m | 3.1 mi |
| Cricket Hill | W 274° | 380 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 608944 — South Sugarloaf Mountain, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358270460
Day trips start here
- Deerfield · 5 mi
- Amherst · 7 mi
- Gill · 8 mi
- Greenfield · 8 mi
- Hadley · 9 mi
- Charlemont · 10 mi
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