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Mountain Peaks in Massachusetts

29 mountain peaks in Massachusetts with photography planning data — sunrise and sunset azimuths, golden hour by month, Milky Way windows and estimated sky darkness. Berkshire County has the most (7). The darkest skies are at Mount Grace (Bortle 4).

Top mountain peaks

Mount GreylockMountain Peak
Mount GreylockBerkshire County · 1,063 m
Mount FrissellMountain Peak
Mount FrissellBerkshire County · 747 m
Mount WachusettMountain Peak
Mount WachusettWorcester County · 609 m
Bare MountainMountain Peak
Bare MountainHampshire County · 301 m
Great Blue HillMountain Peak
Great Blue HillNorfolk County · 183 m
Mount HolyokeMountain Peak
Mount HolyokeHampshire County · 271 m
Mount NonotuckMountain Peak
Mount NonotuckHampden County · 232 m
Mount TobyMountain Peak
Mount TobyFranklin County · 386 m
Mount TomMountain Peak
Mount TomHampden County · 363 m
Long MountainMountain Peak
Long MountainHampshire County · 241 m
Berlin MountainMountain Peak
Berlin MountainBerkshire County · 852 m
Mount EverettMountain Peak
Mount EverettBerkshire County · 793 m

Mountain Peaks by county

All mountain peaks (29)

NameCountyElevationNearest townSky
Mount GreylockBerkshire County1,063 mAdams5
Mount FrissellBerkshire County747 mSheffield4
Mount WachusettWorcester County609 mPrinceton5
Bare MountainNew EnglandHampshire County301 mSouth Amherst6
Great Blue HillNorfolk County183 mReadville8
Mount HolyokeHampshire County271 mHadley6
Mount NonotuckHampden County232 mEasthampton6
Mount TobyFranklin County386 mLeverett5
Mount TomHampden County363 mEasthampton7
Long MountainHampshire County241 mSouth Amherst6
Berlin MountainBerkshire County852 mWilliamstown4
Mount EverettBerkshire County793 mSheffield4
Tully MountainFranklin County350 mRoyalston5
Monument MountainBerkshire County322 mHousatonic4
Provin MountainHampden County159 mWestfield6
Sugarloaf MountainFranklin County242 mSouth Deerfield5
Alander MountainBerkshire County680 mSheffield4
Mount PisgahWorcester County160 mBerlin6
Mount RaceBerkshire County723 mSheffield4
Pine HillBarnstable County88 mMonument Beach5
Mount WataticWorcester County558 mAshby5
Mount GraceFranklin County491 mNorthfield4
Mount LincolnHampshire County375 mPelham5
Punkatasset HillMiddlesex County93 mConcord7
Nobscot HillMiddlesex County183 mSudbury7
Tekoa MountainHampden County286 mWestfield5
Northfield MountainFranklin County308 mErving4
Petticoat HillHampshire County359 mWilliamsburg5
Weir HillEssex County93 mNorth Andover7

Sky = estimated Bortle class (1 darkest – 9 brightest).

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How to photograph mountain peaks

Summits catch first and last light — alpenglow can turn rock pink or orange minutes before sunrise and after sunset while valleys stay in shadow.

  • Photograph the peak from a lake, meadow or ridge at sunrise when the face that looks east lights up first.
  • Long lenses compress ridgelines; shoot the peak from several miles away to make it look massive.
  • Afternoon thunderstorms are common in summer at high elevations — plan summit hikes for early morning.
  • Snow on the summit holds detail best when you expose for the highlights and lift shadows later.
  • Alpenglow lasts only a few minutes; set up and focus beforehand.

Season: Early summer keeps snow on the peaks with green valleys below; autumn adds aspen or larch color in many ranges.