Seven Sisters (Massachusetts)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Seven Sisters
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Elevation = convert|945|ft|m|0|lk=on (highest point)
Location = Hadley and South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Range = Holyoke Range / Metacomet Ridge
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Parent_peak = 42° 18' 17"N, 72° 33' 11"W
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Topographic

Type = fault-block; igneous
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Age = 200 million yrs.
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Easiest route = Mount Holyoke auto road + Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
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Pronunciation = The Seven Sisters, part of the Holyoke Range and located within the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts, are a series of basalt ridgeline knobs between Mount Holyoke and Mount Hitchcock (there are actually more than seven distinct peaks). The knobs offer scenic clifftop views interspersed with oak savanna woodlands. The highest "sister" has an elevation of convert|945|ft|m|0|lk=on and stands convert|800|ft|m|0|lk=on above the valley below. The terrain is very rugged; a continuous walk along the ridgeline includes an overall elevation change of convert|3700|ft|m|0|lk=on. The Seven Sisters are traversed by the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail.

The Seven Sisters are the location of the Seven Sisters Trail Race every spring, a twelve mile "out-and-back" run that often leaves its runners bloody, bruised and exhausted. [http://www.7sisterstrailrace.com/]

In response to a proposed suburban development on the Seven Sisters in the late 1990's, several non-profit groups and local governments worked together to block construction and acquire the ridgeline for the J.A. Skinner State Park.

Coincidentally, the seven sisters are near two of the Seven Sisters Colleges.

ee also

* Metacomet Ridge
* Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
* Robert Frost Trail (Massachusetts)
* Adjacent summits:

References

* "The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail Guide". 9th Edition. The Appalachian Mountain Club. Amherst, Massachusetts, 1999.

* " [http://www.savemtholyokerange.com/index.html Save the Mountain] " Website cited Dec. 2, 2007.

* " [http://www.7sisterstrailrace.com/ Seven Sisters Trail Race] ] " Cited November, 2007.