Butler Seat
Butler Seat is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rostrum, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 3.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 19.0 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 28.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 7 mi
- Adams Overlook · 26 mi
- Robinson's Point · 26 mi
- The Hopper · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lauras Tower: 0.6 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 1.5 mi
- Monument Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.4 mi
- Beartown Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Bidwell Park: 0.1 mi
- Recreation Park: 0.2 mi
- South Lee Park: 1.6 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Dunn Park: 2.1 mi
- Rostrum Reservation: 0.0 mi
- Ice Glen: 0.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 0.4 mi
- Sedgwick Reservation: 0.7 mi
- Kampoosa Fen Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Rostrum: 0.0 mi
- St. John Paul II: 0.7 mi
- St. Faustina: 0.7 mi
- St. Francis: 0.7 mi
- Burbank Dedication: 5.9 mi
- Procter Museum & Archives: 0.2 mi
- Naumkeag Museum: 0.8 mi
- Studio: 1.5 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 1.5 mi
- Chesterwood: 2.3 mi
- Divine Mercy: 0.6 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 0.7 mi
- The Thirteenth Station - Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross: 0.7 mi
- The First Station - Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate: 0.7 mi
- The Fourteenth Station - Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb: 0.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 14.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 14.4 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 14.8 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 16.4 mi
- Campbell Falls: 16.6 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 3.9 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 6.4 mi
- concrete bases: 6.4 mi
- stone pillar: 6.5 mi
- balanced rock: 6.8 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 2.8 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Clover Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Corps Wall: 19.0 mi
- Murdock Wall: 19.0 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 10.6 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 11.9 mi
- County Beach: 14.8 mi
- East Beach: 24.1 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 24.1 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 0.8 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 2.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.8 mi
- Heritage Garden: 6.7 mi
- Questing: 11.3 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 11.3 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 13.6 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Butler Seat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walling Mountain | ENE 74° | 675 m | 8.0 mi |
| Becket Mountain | E 79° | 663 m | 8.5 mi |
| Yokun Seat | N 1° | 645 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Wilcox | SSE 153° | 642 m | 4.7 mi |
| Perry Peak | NNW 340° | 631 m | 10.4 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | WNW 291° | 627 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bald Top | ENE 62° | 624 m | 8.4 mi |
| October Mountain | NE 38° | 598 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10762174008
Day trips start here
- Stockbridge · 1 mi
- Lee · 4 mi
- Lenox · 5 mi
- Great Barrington · 6 mi
- Monterey · 9 mi
- October Mountain State Forest · 9 mi
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