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Saunders Backlot Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC)

Saunders Backlot Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC) from directly overhead

Saunders Backlot Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC) is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheffield Covered Bridge, a attraction 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
BNRC
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.12526, -73.33549

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Barnard Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Umpachene Falls Park: 3.9 mi
  • Newsboy Park: 4.4 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 4.6 mi
  • Town Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks
  • Little Johnny Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Bears Den: 1.8 mi
  • June Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Brush Hill: 2.5 mi
  • East Mountain: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 34
  • Lower Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Bear Rock Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 8.3 mi
  • The Beech: 14.2 mi
  • Space Invaders: 14.3 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 7
Springs: 5
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 21.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Saunders Backlot Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EverettWSW 252°793 m5.2 mi
Mount AshleyWSW 239°725 m8.4 mi
Mount RaceWSW 239°723 m5.8 mi
Bear MountainSW 228°708 m8.2 mi
Round MountainSW 234°695 m8.9 mi
Mount UndineW 263°669 m5.1 mi
Gridley MountainSW 229°668 m9.0 mi
Mount WilcoxNNE 29°642 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1819:5120:34
September equinox06:4118:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475766717062504030
Precip in3.12.33.33.34.64.33.83.84.54.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/744082365

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