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The beauty of McLeod Pond is reason enough to stop by. The Catamount Hills towers over McLeod Pond, and McLeod Pond is right by the Sunset Trail. Very beautiful scenery and glorious skiing is what you get at Berkshire East, and if you're visiting from Springfield, you won't be the only one. A nice close by hotel is Greenfield Super 8 Motel, and the Ghost Trail offers hiking at its best.
There's good hiking along the Mount Olga Trail; hey, Gotta ski right?
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and hit North River; camping is available at Springbrook Family Camping Area. Through the long summer days at McLeod Pond temperatures are typically in the 70's while nighttime lows are commonly in the 50's. During the wintertime
the highs are commonly in the 20's, and through the dark hours in the wintertime at McLeod Pond temperatures drop to the 0's. You just can't envision the amount of outdoors amusing things the area close to McLeod Pond has to offer.
After a long day outdoors Quality Inn Greenfield is a fine site to spend a night or two, and a fine panorama of charming Bald Hill is available.
McLeod Pond in fact is in the middle of a wonderful outdoors paradise. If you come
at the right time of year, Deerfield River offers some wonderful whitewater, and as expected Cary Brook flows through this vicinity. Catamount State Forest is a good local forest, and why not camp at Moss Hollow Campground while you're here at McLeod Pond.
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Greenfield Super 8 Motel, Greenfield
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9 miles away
**All Reservations Require:- Full Name, Address, City, State, Zip Code and Credit Card Number In Order To Hold The Room(s) 24 Hours Ahead Of Time. Thank You!** * 60 Spacious Guest Rooms * Choic...
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Quality Inn Greenfield, Greenfield
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9 miles away
The Quality Inn Greenfield is conveniently located off of Interstate 91 and is close to Yankee Candle, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Deerfield Academy and Stoneleigh Burnham School. The hotel offers...
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Current weather conditions at McLeod Pond, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Local climate location: READSBORO 16 miles away
         
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.64833
Longitude: -72.745
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Haystack, Vermont, 18 miles away
1160 vertical feet |
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North River, Franklin CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Class II - 7 miles long (Halifax Vermont Gorge to Colrain) |
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Deerfield River, Franklin CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (Wilcox Hollow to Stillwater Bridge) |
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Green River, Franklin CountyCounty, 7 miles away
Class II-III - 5.6 miles long (West Leyden to covered bridge) |
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