Kessler Road
Kessler Road is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 428 m. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton's Ledge Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 8.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 16.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Adams Overlook · 6 mi
- Vista · 6 mi
- The Hopper · 7 mi
- Robinson's Point · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barton's Ledge Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
- Bclf & Cf Zucker Property: 0.7 mi
- Bclf & Cf Zucker Property: 0.8 mi
- Widow White: 1.5 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 3.9 mi
- The Noppet: 0.9 mi
- Pratt Hill: 1.0 mi
- Widow Whites Peak: 2.1 mi
- Sugarloaf: 2.2 mi
- Savage Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bill Laston Memorial Field: 2.3 mi
- Little League Field: 3.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Pontoosuc Beach: 5.3 mi
- Pontoosuc Lake Park: 5.4 mi
- Daniel Petithory Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Stafford Hill Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower: 6.2 mi
- Dragon: 6.5 mi
- Baby Dragon: 6.6 mi
- Crane Museum of Papermaking: 7.1 mi
- Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum: 7.6 mi
- Berkshire Museum: 8.1 mi
- Lunder Center at Stone Hill: 9.8 mi
- Arrowhead: 10.2 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 7.0 mi
- McKinley Statue: 7.2 mi
- Thomas Schütte Crystal: 9.9 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 10.0 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 10.0 mi
- Silver Fox Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascade on South Brook: 4.6 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 5.2 mi
- March Cataract Falls: 5.8 mi
- Peck's Falls: 6.3 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 2.9 mi
- concrete bases: 13.1 mi
- balanced rock: 13.2 mi
- stone pillar: 13.5 mi
- concrete bases: 13.5 mi
- Buxton Garden: 11.1 mi
- Flower Garden: 16.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 16.2 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 18.9 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 19.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 7.5 mi
- Clover Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Witts Ledge: 10.9 mi
- Hoosac Range: 13.6 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Campers Beach: 11.2 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 13.8 mi
- Waterfront: 18.0 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 20.2 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 22.4 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 12.3 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 24.9 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.3 mi
- James Jeffords Welcome Center Bennington: 23.6 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
- Davis: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Kessler Road. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Greylock | NE 34° | 1,063 m | 6.2 mi |
| Saddle Ball Mountain | NNE 32° | 985 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Fitch | NNE 31° | 945 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Williams | NNE 28° | 901 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Prospect | NNE 21° | 816 m | 7.3 mi |
| Misery Mountain | NW 312° | 793 m | 5.7 mi |
| Beoadic Mountain | WNW 303° | 792 m | 2.4 mi |
| East Mountain | NW 322° | 791 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/743810187
Day trips start here
- Lanesborough · 3 mi
- New Ashford · 3 mi
- Cheshire · 4 mi
- Hancock · 5 mi
- Adams · 7 mi
- Dalton · 7 mi
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