Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area
Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area is a nature reserve in Hampden, Massachusetts. Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Mountain Park, as well as near Great Swamp.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tom and Dinosaur Footprints Reservation.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holyoke and South Hadley.
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.
South Hadley
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0 us.
South Hadley is a city in the Pioneer Valley area of Massachusetts. It is home to Mount Holyoke College.
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.
Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Hampden, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.2405° or 42° 14′ 26″ northLongitude
-72.6416° or 72° 38′ 30″ westInception
2000Open location code
87J969R5+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 29857397OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
Discover Mt. Tom Natural Heritage Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mountain Park and Great Swamp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whiting St Watershed and Cedar Knob.
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