Searles Castle
Searles Castle is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the south-southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Grover's Corner, a park 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Historic mansion in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Dates from 1886.
Wikidata Q7441763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1883
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 24.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Christian Hill: 0.7 mi
- East Rock: 1.0 mi
- East Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Vossburg Hill: 2.2 mi
- June Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Grover's Corner: 0.1 mi
- South Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Field: 0.2 mi
- Grove Street Park: 0.4 mi
- William Stanley Park: 0.5 mi
- Park Street Park: 0.5 mi
- East Mountain Forest: 0.6 mi
- Lake Mansfield Recreation Area and Conservation Forest: 0.9 mi
- Housatonic River Access: 1.1 mi
- Thomas & Palmer Brook: 1.6 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 3.3 mi
- Butler Seat: 6.7 mi
- Rostrum: 6.7 mi
- St. John Paul II: 7.2 mi
- St. Faustina: 7.2 mi
- Chesterwood Museum: 5.4 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Chesterwood: 6.5 mi
- Procter Museum & Archives: 6.8 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 6.8 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 0.8 mi
- Naked Lady: 1.6 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 1.6 mi
- Divine Mercy: 7.2 mi
- The First Station - Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate: 7.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 7.7 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 8.5 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 9.7 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 10.3 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 3.9 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Corps Wall: 17.3 mi
- Space Invaders: 17.3 mi
- Murdock Wall: 17.3 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 1.1 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 4.7 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 10.6 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 13.0 mi
- concrete bases: 13.0 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 15.4 mi
- County Beach: 16.0 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 16.3 mi
- East Beach: 18.8 mi
- West Beach: 19.5 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 7.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 7.5 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 7.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 10.5 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 16.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.1 mi
- Big Spring: 24.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 6.9 mi
- Questing: 7.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Searles Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | SSW 210° | 793 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Race | SSW 205° | 723 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Undine | SW 215° | 669 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Wilcox | ENE 69° | 642 m | 5.3 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | NNW 339° | 627 m | 8.9 mi |
| South Pinnacle | SSW 206° | 626 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Darby | SW 230° | 619 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Sterling | SW 235° | 606 m | 6.3 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 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 82004953OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/213361700
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 0 mi
- Stockbridge · 7 mi
- Monterey · 8 mi
- Lee · 10 mi
- Berkshires · 11 mi
- Lenox · 12 mi
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