Northfield Mountain
Northfield Mountain is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant and reservoir located on and under the similarly named Northfield Mountain in Erving and Northfield, Massachusetts.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Northfield Mountain and French King Bridge.
Northfield Mountain
Peak
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Northfield Mountain, 1,206 feet, is a mountain ridge located in Erving and Northfield, Massachusetts. 2.5 miles long by 1.8 miles long, the mountain is composed of several distinct peaks and ledges, most notably Rattlesnake Mountain 1,067 feet, Rose Ledges 1,080 feet, and Hermit Mountain.
French King Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The French King Bridge is the three-span "cantilever arch" bridge that crosses the Connecticut River on the border between the towns of Erving and Gill, Massachusetts, United States. French King Bridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Northfield Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gill and Millers Falls.
Gill
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gill is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,551 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Millers Falls
Suburb
Millers Falls is a census-designated place in the towns of Montague and Erving in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Millers Falls had a population of 994. Millers Falls is situated 3 miles southwest of Northfield Mountain.
Erving
Erving is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,665 at the 2020 census. Erving shares the census-designated place of Millers Falls with Montague.
Northfield Mountain
- Type: Power station
- Description: Hydroelectric plant in Massachusetts, U.S.
- Categories: pumped-storage power station and industry
- Location: Franklin, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.61283° or 42° 36′ 46″ northLongitude
-72.45786° or 72° 27′ 28″ westInception
November 1972Operator
FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. - MAOpen location code
87J9JG7R+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 419361412Wikidata ID
Q18155195
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Northfield Mountain” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “諾斯菲爾德山”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Northfield Mountain vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Northfield Mountain vannkraftverk”
- Russian: “ГАЭС Нордфильд”
- Ukrainian: “ГАЕС Northfield Mountain”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center and Northfield Mountain.
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