Farley Ledges

Infobox Mountain
Name = Farley Ledges (Rattlesnake Mountain)
Photo = Farley Ledges Massachusetts.jpg
Photo size = 200px
Caption = View from top of ledges
Elevation = convert|1067|ft|m
Location = Erving
Range = Northfield Mountain
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Coordinates = coord|42|35|50|N|72|26|47|W |type:mountain_region:US |display=title,inline
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Type = Metamorphic rock
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Age = 400 million years
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Easiest route = Metacomet-Monadnock Trail + rock climbing acces trail
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Farley Ledges, 1,067 feet (325 m), also known as Rattlesnake Mountain, is a bluff knob located on the southeast side of Northfield Mountain in eastern Franklin County, Massachusetts. The ledge is notable for its extensive rock climbing ascents; it rises convert|700|ft|m above the small village of Farley (part of Erving, Massachusetts) and has been used by rock climbers since the 1970's. The Western Massachusetts Climbers Coalition has been active in purchasing land to preserve access to the mountain; 2007 purchases include a parcel along Route 2 slated to be developed into a trailhead with a parking lot and access corridor to the ledges. The convert|110|mi|km Metacomet-Monadnock Trail ascends the wooded north side of the ledges where Briggs Brook Falls tumbles from the ridgecrest; a marked rock climbing access loop trail departs from the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail to traverse both the summit of the ledges and the extensive boulder field beneath. ["The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail Guide" 9th edition, (1999). Amherst, Massachusetts: Appalachian Mountain Club.] [ [http://www.westernmacc.com/climbing/farley.htm Western Mass Climbers Coalition] Retrieved February 16, 2008.]

ee also

*Northfield Mountain
*Metacomet-Monadnock Trail

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