used for picnicking, hiking, backcountry skiing, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, horseback riding, bird watching, hunting (in season), and snowshoeing. An interpretive center is located in "The Notch" on Route 116 on the tri-border of Granby, Amherst, and South Hadley. Conservation Much of the Holyoke Range has been conserved as part of Massachusetts's J.A. Skinner State Park and Mount Holyoke Range State Park. Other parcels are managed by non-profit organizations and town conservation commissions, or are private property. In 2000, the Holyoke Range was included in a study by the National Park Service for the designation of a new National Scenic Trail which was designated on March 30, 2009 as the New England National Scenic Trail, which includes most of the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in Massachusetts and the Mattabesett Trail and Metacomet Trail trails in Connecticut. Quarrying on the range has resulted in the loss of a prominent peak, Round Mountain, once located between Bare Mountain and Mount Norwottuck. In response to a proposed suburban development on the Seven Sisters part of the range in the late 1990s, several non-profit groups and local governments worked together to block construction and acquire the ridgeline for the Skinner State Park. Non-profit conservation organizations invested in the protection of the Holyoke Range and its viewshed include the Kestrel Trust, The Valley Land Fund, the Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range. See also Metacomet Ridge Robert Frost Trail (Massachusetts) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail Nearby summits: References External links Massachusetts DCR Mount Holyoke Range State Park J.A. Skinner State Park Map Mountain biking map of the Holyoke Range - Updated in 2016 Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club The Kestrel Trust The Valley Land Fund Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range U.S. Congress New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act. NPS brochure for National Scenic Trail proposal. Natural resource assessment of the Metacomet Ridge Geology of the northern Metacomet Ridge region Guide to the Robert Frost Trail (PDF) Landforms of Hampshire County, Massachusetts Mountain ranges of Massachusetts