Mountain Park
Mountain Park, located on Mount Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts, was originally built as a trolley park by the Holyoke Street Railway Company. Trolley parks were built just outside populated areas to encourage trolley usage on weekends.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: defunct amusement park
- Also known as: “Mount Tom Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dinosaur Footprints Reservation and Whiting Street Reservoir.
Dinosaur Footprints Reservation
Nature reserve
Photo: Smokeybjb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dinosaur Footprints in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA is an 8-acre wilderness reservation purchased for the public in 1935 by The Trustees of Reservations.
Whiting Street Reservoir
Reservoir
Whiting Street Reservoir, often shortened as Whiting Reservoir a Class I hazard reservoir, is an auxiliary drinking supply for the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Mount Tom
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Tom, 1,202 feet, is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Easthampton and Main Street Historic District.
Easthampton
Town
Photo: Sasha Kopf, Public domain.
Easthampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The city is in the Pioneer Valley, near the five colleges in the college towns of Northampton and Amherst. The population was 16,211 at the 2020 census. Easthampton is situated 3 miles northwest of Mountain Park.
Main Street Historic District
Neighborhood
The Main Street Historic District of Easthampton, Massachusetts encompasses the historic heart of the town, running along Main Street between Northampton and Center Streets. Main Street Historic District is situated 3 miles northwest of Mountain Park.
Holyoke
Photo: Simtropolitan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holyoke is a city in the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts. It is a former mill city, which made a large chunk of the worlds paper. It has interesting architecture and is close to many attractions.
Mountain Park
- Categories: amusement park and locality
- Location: City of Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.2437° or 42° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
-72.63148° or 72° 37′ 53″ westElevation
390 feet (119 metres)Open location code
87J969V9+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 158823322OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Mountain Park” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مونتاين پارك”
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