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 world's 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 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
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Latitude

42.2405° or 42° 14′ 26″ north

Longitude

-72.6416° or 72° 38′ 30″ west

Inception

2000

Open location code

87J969R5+59

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29857397

OpenStreetMap 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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