Editing Northampton, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
Northampton sits on the west side of the Connecticut River in the [[Pioneer Valley]] of [[western Massachusetts]]. It is located at {{coord|42|20|N|72|39|W|type:city|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|92.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|88.7|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|3.9|km2|order=flip}}, or 4.22%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2546330| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Northampton city, Massachusetts| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=August 7, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213113537/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2546330| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> A total of 21% of the city is permanently protected open space.<ref name="ReferenceA">Northampton Open Space, Recreation and MultiUse Trail Plan: 2011-2017</ref>

Within Northampton's city limits are the villages of [[Florence, Massachusetts|Florence]] and Leeds.

Northampton is bordered to the north by the towns of [[Hatfield, Massachusetts|Hatfield]] and [[Williamsburg, Massachusetts|Williamsburg]], to the west by Westhampton, to the east by [[Hadley, Massachusetts|Hadley]] (across the Connecticut River), and to the south by Easthampton.

The [[art deco]] [[Calvin Coolidge Bridge]] connects Northampton with Hadley across the Connecticut River. The college town of [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]] is located {{convert|7|mi|0}} east of Northampton, next to Hadley. Springfield, the [[Connecticut River Valley]]'s most populous Massachusetts city, is located {{convert|19|mi}} southeast of Northampton.<!--City center to city center--> [[Boston]] is {{convert|104|mi}} by highway east of Northampton. New York City is {{convert|161|mi}} southwest of Northampton.

The Connecticut River's [[The Oxbow (Connecticut River)|Oxbow]] is within Northampton's city limits, at the northern base of [[Mount Nonotuck]].