Root Property
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Root Property is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Mount Undine stands 669 m to the south-southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Root Orchards, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 6.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2002-06-25
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 22.5 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 10 mi
- Adams Overlook · 29 mi
- Vista · 29 mi
- Robinson's Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Root Orchards: 0.2 mi
- Ball Field, Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC): 0.3 mi
- Monument Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Monument Mountain Reservation: 0.5 mi
- Housatonic Flats: 1.3 mi
- Fountain Pond Park: 0.6 mi
- Housatonic Common: 1.8 mi
- Old Maids Park: 2.1 mi
- John P Tracey Park: 2.2 mi
- Charles Castranova Park: 2.4 mi
- Three Mile Hill: 0.7 mi
- Peeskawso Peak: 0.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 1.5 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 2.1 mi
- Christian Hill: 2.4 mi
- Searles Castle: 3.1 mi
- Butler Seat: 3.7 mi
- Rostrum: 3.7 mi
- St. John Paul II: 4.1 mi
- St. Faustina: 4.2 mi
- Chesterwood Museum: 2.4 mi
- Chesterwood: 3.5 mi
- Procter Museum & Archives: 3.7 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 3.7 mi
- Studio: 3.8 mi
- falls: 10.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 10.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 10.8 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 11.2 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 12.8 mi
- Naked Lady: 2.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 2.7 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 3.8 mi
- Divine Mercy: 4.1 mi
- The First Station - Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate: 4.2 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 2.8 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 7.5 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- trail parking: 8.7 mi
- concrete bases: 9.9 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 0.8 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Clover Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Corps Wall: 18.2 mi
- Murdock Wall: 18.2 mi
- Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 4.0 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 4.6 mi
- Heritage Garden: 6.8 mi
- Herb Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 12.7 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 14.4 mi
- County Beach: 15.5 mi
- East Beach: 20.8 mi
- West Beach: 21.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Questing: 9.1 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Root Property. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Undine | SSW 209° | 669 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Wilcox | ESE 104° | 642 m | 4.2 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | NW 323° | 627 m | 6.8 mi |
| South Pinnacle | SSW 203° | 626 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Darby | SW 219° | 619 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Sterling | SW 223° | 606 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Point | NW 316° | 595 m | 7.2 mi |
| Dorman Mountain | E 86° | 595 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
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 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29687518
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 3 mi
- Stockbridge · 4 mi
- Lee · 7 mi
- Monterey · 8 mi
- Lenox · 9 mi
- Berkshires · 11 mi
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