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Berkshire Museum, a museum in Massachusetts
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Berkshire Museum, a museum in Massachusetts
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Berkshire Museum, a museum in Massachusetts
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Berkshire Museum, a museum in Massachusetts
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Berkshire Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 314 m. Beoadic Mountain stands 792 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 7.1 miles off.

About

The story

The Berkshire Museum is a museum of art, natural history, and ancient civilization that is located in Pittsfield in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1903.

Wikidata Q4892280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
314 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.44734, -73.25383

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Park Square: 0.1 mi
  • Persip Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sotille Park: 0.3 mi
  • The Common: 0.4 mi
  • Dorothy Amos Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • South Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Court Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Osceda Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Oak Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Mahanna Cobble: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 60
Museums: 37
Artworks: 32
Waterfalls: 17
Attractions: 15
  • concrete bases: 5.2 mi
  • balanced rock: 5.3 mi
  • stone pillar: 5.5 mi
  • concrete bases: 5.5 mi
  • Mountain Coaster: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 9
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Adams Point Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 13.9 mi
  • Campers Beach: 18.4 mi
  • County Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Waterfront: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 7.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Berkshire Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beoadic MountainN 354°792 m9.4 mi
Sheeps Heaven MountainN 353°770 m9.0 mi
Widow Whites PeakN 353°737 m7.0 mi
Jiminy PeakNNW 346°726 m6.9 mi
Honwee MountainNNW 329°698 m5.1 mi
Weston MountainNE 56°685 m8.4 mi
Rounds MountainNNW 333°685 m9.4 mi
Rounds MountainNNW 333°683 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5220:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2015:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455664696760483828
Precip in2.72.53.13.43.84.64.23.84.54.63.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781439

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