Fort River
The Fort River is a river in Western Massachusetts and is a tributary of the Connecticut River and runs through the towns of, Amherst, Massachusetts, and ends in Hadley, Massachusetts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Connecticut River Greenway State Park and LaFleur Airport.
Connecticut River Greenway State Park
Nature reserve
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Connecticut River Greenway State Park is a protected environment with public recreation features that consists of separate state land holdings, including open spaces, parks, scenic vistas, and archaeological and historic sites, along the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts.
LaFleur Airport
Aerodrome
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Northampton Airport is a public airport located one mile northeast of central business district of Northampton, a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA.
Mount Holyoke
Peak
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Mount Holyoke, a traprock mountain, elevation 935 feet, is the westernmost peak of the Holyoke Range and part of the 100-mile Metacomet Ridge. The mountain is located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, and is the namesake of nearby Mount Holyoke College. Mount Holyoke is situated 2 miles south of Fort River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hadley and Hadley Center Historic District.
Hadley
Hadley is a small town of 4,200 in the Pioneer Valley, in Western Massachusetts. Despite its small population, it has a reasonable commercial strip that harbors a few malls, providing a more mainstream shopping experience than its larger neighbors, Amherst and Northampton.
Hadley Center Historic District
Neighborhood
The Hadley Center Historic District is an expansive, 2,500-acre historic district encompassing the village center of Hadley, Massachusetts. When it was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, the district encompassed the town green and 17 buildings that faced it, at the junction of Russell Street and Middle Street.
Northampton
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Northampton is a city in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. It has a picturesque and vibrant downtown, consisting of numerous art galleries, restaurants and quirky shops sprinkled among coffee shops and performing arts venues.
Fort River
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Connecticut River, located in Western Massachusetts
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Cebuano—“Fort River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort”
- Cebuano: “Fort River”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Old Mill Pond and Sandy Beach.
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