Mount Lincoln (Massachusetts)

This article is about the mountain in Pelham, Massachusetts. For other mountains with the same name, see Mount Lincoln.
Mount Lincoln
View from Mount Lincoln firetower
Highest point
Elevation1,240 ft (380 m)
Coordinates42°21′50″N 72°25′23″W / 42.36389°N 72.42306°W / 42.36389; -72.42306
Geography
Map
LocationPelham, Massachusetts
Parent rangePellham Hills
Geology
Age of rock400 million years
Mountain typeMetamorphic rock; dissected plateau
Climbing
Easiest routeMetacomet-Monadnock Trail

Mount Lincoln, 1,240 feet (380 m), is a high point on the Pelham Dome or Pelham Hills, an upland plateau overlooking the Connecticut River Valley in Pelham, Massachusetts (near Amherst, Massachusetts). The mountain is mostly wooded, but a fire tower located on the summit provides views of the Holyoke Range and the east-central Pioneer Valley. The summit, located within the University of Massachusetts Amherst's 1,200-acre (490 ha) Cadwell Memorial Forest, is traversed by the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and is the home of the Five Colleges radio station beacon.

The west side of Mount Lincoln drains into Hop Brook and Amethyst Brook, thence into Fort River, the Connecticut River, and Long Island Sound. The east side drains into Jabish Brook, following its course into Belchertown, Massachusetts, where the watershed splits into the Jabish Canal and Jabish Brook. The Jabish Canal flows into Broad Brook, thence into the Chicopee River, the Connecticut River, and Long Island Sound; Jabish Brook flows into the Swift River, the Ware River, thence the Chicopee River, Connecticut River, and Long Island Sound.