on top of crag mountain
November 14th, 2005
For my money, the nicest hike in Western Massachusetts is Crag Mountain. You can get there by taking route 63 from Amherst north until you get to Northfield; when you get to the junction of highways 10 and 63, go 0.3 miles until you come to a right turn onto Maple Street. Go 3.1 miles on Maple Street and you’ll come to a turnout on the right. Hike a leisurely 1.7 miles up the white blazed Metacomet-Monadock Trail and you’ll come to this view:
(This is my first stab at making a panoramic shot via Photoshop by blending together a bunch of smaller photos; you can totally see the seams, but I think you get the idea of what a totally killer view it is off Crag Mountain!)
~jeff