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| The Mount Tom View! |
Mount Tom State Reservation is a day trip hike and about 90 minutes to two hour drive, depending on your location in Fairfield County. It is located in Holyoke, MA - not far from the Connecticut border.
This mountain is a fairly easy hike. It is a hike though, so smaller kids may have a hard time. Also, there are various locations throughout the park where you can start this hike, so it can be made easier or harder. We took the Metacomet Monadnock Trail and I highly recommend it.
There is a road to the top of the mountain and parking right by some rather ugly radio towers but you can walk to other areas at the top.
The top isn't really the goal though, as you hike each new vista seems more amazing than the next. It is a ridge walk, so you are really at the edge and I wouldn't want kids running around out of control. However, for how relatively easy this hike is and for the views you get, it is a must hike for the area!
For information and The Mount Tom State Reservation website, go to: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-west/mount-tom-state-reservation.html
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