Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center

Northfield Mountain is a pumped storage hydroelectric facility owned and operated by FirstLight Power Resources, an H2O Power company. In accordance with our federal license, we offer a wide variety of recreational opportunities as well as an extensive array of environmental and recreation programs.

We are a four-season recreation facility situated along a beautiful sweep of mountainside;with satellite facilities strung along a 7-mile stretch of the Connecticut River. Northfield Mountain offers cross country skiing, hiking, and mountain biking on 26 miles of trails; camping, canoeing, kayaking at our Barton Cove recreation area; interpretivecruises and charters; public environmental and recreation programs at our Visitor Center; and school environmental and recreational programs on-site. Other offerings include public picnic areas and a 70-seat, rentable pavilion area at Riverview, camping for boaters at Munn’s Ferry, and fishways for free spring viewing of thousands of migrating fish.