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KWUNIIKWAT ISLAND

KWUNIIKWAT ISLAND from directly overhead

KWUNIIKWAT ISLAND is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Interlacken Common, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 4.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Stockbridge Bowl Association
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.32859, -73.32211

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Interlaken Park: 1.1 mi
  • Berkshire Botanical Gardens: 1.9 mi
  • Edith Wharton Park: 2.4 mi
  • Edith Wharton Park: 2.4 mi
  • Schermerhorn Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 1.4 mi
  • West Stockbridge Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Lanier Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Baldhead: 2.2 mi
  • Cone Hill: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 46
Museums: 35
Artworks: 27
Waterfalls: 25
  • falls: 6.2 mi
  • Bash Bish Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 17.3 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 2.6 mi
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 5.8 mi
  • Clover Mountain: 11.5 mi
  • Corps Wall: 22.0 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 2.0 mi
  • concrete bases: 3.5 mi
  • stone pillar: 3.6 mi
  • balanced rock: 3.6 mi
  • concrete bases: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 4
  • Adams Point Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 12.8 mi
  • County Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 16.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walling MountainE 98°675 m8.5 mi
Becket MountainESE 101°663 m9.2 mi
Smith MountainN 356°660 m10.6 mi
Yokun SeatN 9°645 m5.1 mi
Mount WilcoxSSE 159°642 m8.1 mi
Perry PeakNNW 335°631 m7.0 mi
Harvey MountainWSW 258°627 m5.4 mi
Warner HillNE 55°627 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1719:5220:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2015:3916:24

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43643235

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