Misery Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Misery Mountain Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 526 m. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Appletree Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 8.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 19.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 20.7 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Vista · 9 mi
- The Hopper · 9 mi
- Adams Overlook · 9 mi
- Robinson's Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Appletree Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rounds Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Rounds Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Sheeps Heaven Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Beoadic Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Cherry Plain State Park: 5.1 mi
- Bill Laston Memorial Field: 5.8 mi
- Little League Field: 6.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Blair Hiking Area: 6.5 mi
- Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument: 7.7 mi
- Daniel Petithory Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Sawmill Dam: 8.8 mi
- Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower: 9.1 mi
- Dragon: 9.6 mi
- Berkshire Museum: 9.6 mi
- Hancock Shaker Village: 10.2 mi
- Lunder Center at Stone Hill: 10.4 mi
- Crane Museum of Papermaking: 10.5 mi
- Williamstown House of Local History: 11.1 mi
- Thomas Schütte Crystal: 10.4 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 10.7 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 10.7 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 10.8 mi
- McKinley Statue: 10.9 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 2.2 mi
- Sentinels: 11.8 mi
- Grandfather Rock: 12.1 mi
- concrete bases: 13.7 mi
- balanced rock: 13.9 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 7.7 mi
- Silver Fox Falls: 8.1 mi
- March Cataract Falls: 8.5 mi
- Haley Falls: 9.0 mi
- Hoags Corners Falls: 9.1 mi
- Buxton Garden: 11.4 mi
- Flower Garden: 17.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 17.1 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 19.1 mi
- Troy Botanical Garden: 19.2 mi
- Clover Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 10.6 mi
- Witts Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 13.7 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 12.2 mi
- Waterfront: 13.8 mi
- Campers Beach: 14.1 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 20.5 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 23.2 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.0 mi
- James Jeffords Welcome Center Bennington: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 10.7 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 20.4 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 23.7 mi
- Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Davis: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Misery Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Greylock | ENE 62° | 1,063 m | 9.1 mi |
| Saddle Ball Mountain | ENE 68° | 985 m | 7.4 mi |
| Berlin Mountain | NNE 14° | 853 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Prospect | NE 50° | 816 m | 9.3 mi |
| Misery Mountain | N 7° | 793 m | 2.9 mi |
| Beoadic Mountain | E 81° | 792 m | 2.6 mi |
| East Mountain | ENE 61° | 791 m | 3.1 mi |
| Stony Ledge | NE 55° | 783 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:38 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1272570151
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 2 mi
- New Ashford · 5 mi
- Lanesborough · 6 mi
- Cheshire · 8 mi
- New Lebanon · 9 mi
- Pittsfield · 10 mi
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