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Chesterwood Museum

Chesterwood Museum from directly overhead

Chesterwood Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Berle Sky Farm Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 5.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
319 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26898, -73.35344

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Housatonic Common: 1.2 mi
  • Old Maids Park: 1.9 mi
  • Recreation Park: 2.2 mi
  • Fountain Pond Park: 2.4 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Rostrum: 2.4 mi
  • Butler Seat: 2.4 mi
  • St. John Paul II: 2.6 mi
  • St. Faustina: 2.6 mi
  • St. Francis: 2.6 mi
Museums: 36
Waterfalls: 25
Attractions: 14
  • Orchard City Millage Sign: 4.8 mi
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 5.7 mi
  • concrete bases: 7.9 mi
  • stone pillar: 7.9 mi
  • balanced rock: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 1.8 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 7.0 mi
  • Clover Mountain: 15.5 mi
  • Corps Wall: 20.0 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Adams Point Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 14.3 mi
  • County Beach: 16.6 mi
  • East Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Chesterwood Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainENE 74°675 m10.4 mi
Yokun SeatNNE 15°645 m9.5 mi
Mount WilcoxSE 128°642 m5.6 mi
Harvey MountainNW 310°627 m4.8 mi
October MountainNE 45°598 m9.9 mi
Pinnacle PointWNW 302°595 m5.4 mi
Dorman MountainE 100°595 m10.0 mi
Tom Ball MountainW 270°588 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1819:5220:34
September equinox06:4118:1618:53
December solstice07:2015:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367781430

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