About: Mount Tom (Massachusetts)

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Mount Tom, 1,202 feet (366 m), is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. The mountain is the southernmost and highest peak of the Mount Tom Range and the highest traprock peak of the 100-mile (160 km) long Metacomet Ridge. A popular outdoor recreation resource, the mountain is known for its continuous line of cliffs and talus slopes visible from the south and west, its dramatic 1,100-foot (340 m) rise over the surrounding Connecticut River Valley, and its rare plant communities and microclimate ecosystems.

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  • Le mont Tom est, avec 366 mètres d'altitude, le point culminant de la Mount Tom Range, un chaînon situé dans la vallée du Connecticut, au Massachusetts (États-Unis), et faisant partie de Metacomet Ridge. Le sommet s'élève abruptement sur 340 mètres de haut, au sud du chaînon, et offre des vues plongeantes sur les paysages alentour. Il s'agit du plus haut sommet composé de roches magmatiques de Metacomet Ridge. Il est situé sur le territoire des villes d'Easthampton et Holyoke. (fr)
  • Mount Tom, 1,202 feet (366 m), is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. The mountain is the southernmost and highest peak of the Mount Tom Range and the highest traprock peak of the 100-mile (160 km) long Metacomet Ridge. A popular outdoor recreation resource, the mountain is known for its continuous line of cliffs and talus slopes visible from the south and west, its dramatic 1,100-foot (340 m) rise over the surrounding Connecticut River Valley, and its rare plant communities and microclimate ecosystems. Located in Easthampton and Holyoke, Mount Tom is traversed by the 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and is the transmitter location for three Springfield–Holyoke television stations: WGBY, WGGB, and WSHM-LD, and for radio stations WHYN-FM and WWEI. The name "Mount Tom" is sometimes used to describe the entire Mount Tom Range. (en)
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  • Named for surveyor Rowland Thomas (en)
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  • Left to right: Different versions of the Mount Tom Summit House; the first proposed design, unbuilt, c. 1897; the first summit house, which President McKinley visited in 1899, razed in a fire in 1900; the second summit house with its iconic tower, built in 1901 and razed by fire in 1929, it and the first were designed by Holyoke architect James A. Clough. (en)
  • Mount Tom is centrally featured in both Easthampton's and Holyoke's city seals (en)
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  • Seal of Easthampton, Massachusetts.svg (en)
  • Seal of Holyoke, Massachusetts.svg (en)
  • Summit House Mt Tom 1900-1905.jpg (en)
  • First Mount Tom Summit House, Holyoke, Massachusetts.jpg (en)
  • First proposed Mount Tom Summit House, Holyoke, Massachusetts.jpg (en)
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  • Holyoke and Easthampton, Massachusetts, U.S. (en)
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  • Mount Tom's east face and the Connecticut River, from the Joseph Muller Bridge (en)
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  • Le mont Tom est, avec 366 mètres d'altitude, le point culminant de la Mount Tom Range, un chaînon situé dans la vallée du Connecticut, au Massachusetts (États-Unis), et faisant partie de Metacomet Ridge. Le sommet s'élève abruptement sur 340 mètres de haut, au sud du chaînon, et offre des vues plongeantes sur les paysages alentour. Il s'agit du plus haut sommet composé de roches magmatiques de Metacomet Ridge. Il est situé sur le territoire des villes d'Easthampton et Holyoke. (fr)
  • Mount Tom, 1,202 feet (366 m), is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. The mountain is the southernmost and highest peak of the Mount Tom Range and the highest traprock peak of the 100-mile (160 km) long Metacomet Ridge. A popular outdoor recreation resource, the mountain is known for its continuous line of cliffs and talus slopes visible from the south and west, its dramatic 1,100-foot (340 m) rise over the surrounding Connecticut River Valley, and its rare plant communities and microclimate ecosystems. (en)
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