Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
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The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail is a 114-mile-long hiking trail that traverses the Metacomet Ridge of the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts and the central uplands of Massachusetts and southern New
Trap rock cliffs along the M&M Trail on the Mount Tom Range
Crag Mountain, a quartzite peak on the M&M Trail in Northfield, Massachusetts. Northfield Reservoir visible in the background. As of the summer 2013 Crag Mountain is no longer part of the M&M trail that has been rerouted to the road. (see photograph below)
Talus slopes along the M&M Trail on Bare Mountain
Summit view of Grand Monadnock on a July weekend. More than 125,000 people hike this peak each year, making it the most frequently climbed mountain in the United States.
Mount Monadnock
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Mount Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, is a mountain in the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. It is the most prominent mountain peak in southern New Hampshire and is the highest point in Cheshire County.
Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
…dramatic cliff faces, exposed mountain summits, woodlands, swamps, lakes, river floodplain, farmland, significant historic sites, and the summits of Mount Monadnock, Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke. The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail is maintained largely through the efforts of the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the…
The summit of Mount Monadnock
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Typical crowded summit of Mt. Monadnock on a sunny autumn day