Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 353 m. Widow Whites Peak stands 737 m to the north-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pittsfield State Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Hancock Shaker Village is a former Shaker commune in Hancock and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It emerged in the towns of Hancock, Pittsfield, and Richmond in the 1780s, organized in 1790, and was active until 1960. It was the third of nineteen major Shaker villages established between 1774 and 1836 in New York, New England, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. From 1790 until 1893, Hancock was the seat of the Hancock Bishopric, which oversaw two additional Shaker communes in Tyringham, Massachusetts, and Enfield, Connecticut. The village was closed by the Shakers in 1960, and sold to a local group who formed an independent non-profit. This organization now operates the property as an open-air museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1968.
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Wikidata Q5647064, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 10.0 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 20.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 12 mi
- Adams Overlook · 17 mi
- Vista · 17 mi
- The Hopper · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pittsfield State Forest: 0.5 mi
- Pittsfield State Forest: 0.5 mi
- Pittsfield State Forest: 0.9 mi
- Nordeen Marsh Natural Heritage Area: 1.4 mi
- Bates Memorial State Park: 1.5 mi
- Shaker Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Doll Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Perry Peak: 2.1 mi
- Mount Lebanon: 2.4 mi
- Yokun Seat: 2.5 mi
- Japanese Knotweed: 2.2 mi
- Japanese Knotweed: 2.3 mi
- Abode of the Message: 2.4 mi
- Wild Acres Park: 2.8 mi
- Osceola Park: 2.8 mi
- Sawmill Dam: 2.9 mi
- Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument: 4.0 mi
- Burbank Dedication: 4.6 mi
- stone chimney: 7.3 mi
- St. Francis: 9.8 mi
- Berkshire Museum: 4.5 mi
- Arrowhead: 4.7 mi
- Blacksmith Museum: 5.7 mi
- The Mount: 7.4 mi
- Crane Museum of Papermaking: 8.7 mi
- Courtyard by Marriott: 4.8 mi
- Copland Sculpture: 5.6 mi
- The Eigth Station - Jesus Speaks to the Women: 9.7 mi
- The Seventh Station - Jesus Falls the Second Time: 9.7 mi
- The Ninth Station - Jesus Falls the Third Time: 9.7 mi
- falls: 8.9 mi
- Hoags Corners Falls: 12.2 mi
- Cascade on South Brook: 13.2 mi
- Silver Fox Falls: 14.8 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 15.8 mi
- concrete bases: 4.1 mi
- balanced rock: 4.3 mi
- concrete bases: 4.9 mi
- stone pillar: 4.9 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 7.2 mi
- Flower Garden: 7.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 7.4 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 8.9 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 9.8 mi
- Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Clover Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 12.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 18.1 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 3.9 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 16.3 mi
- Waterfront: 21.5 mi
- Campers Beach: 21.7 mi
- County Beach: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.8 mi
- Day Use Area: 24.8 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 2.9 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 18.5 mi
- Questing: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Hancock Shaker Village. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Whites Peak | NNE 23° | 737 m | 8.9 mi |
| Jiminy Peak | NNE 19° | 726 m | 8.4 mi |
| Honwee Mountain | NNE 17° | 698 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rounds Mountain | N 1° | 685 m | 9.7 mi |
| Rounds Mountain | N 1° | 683 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 12° | 680 m | 4.6 mi |
| Potter Mountain | NNE 21° | 678 m | 8.6 mi |
| Tower Mountain | N 5° | 670 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield Muni AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- New Lebanon · 4 mi
- Pittsfield · 5 mi
- Lenox · 6 mi
- Hancock · 8 mi
- Lanesborough · 8 mi
- Dalton · 10 mi
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