Saunders Site
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Saunders Site is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the west, 6.0 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1989
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 23.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Saunders Site: 0.2 mi
- Three Mile Pond Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Saunders Backlot Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC): 1.0 mi
- Lanier Property: 1.2 mi
- Suter Farm: 2.0 mi
- Brush Hill: 1.5 mi
- Little Johnny Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Alum Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bears Den: 2.6 mi
- June Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Barnard Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Umpachene Falls Park: 2.9 mi
- Newsboy Park: 5.3 mi
- Grove Street Park: 5.4 mi
- Memorial Field: 5.6 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 4.0 mi
- Searles Castle: 5.6 mi
- Dough Boy: 6.3 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 7.4 mi
- Meeting House Site, 1740s-1795: 7.9 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 6.2 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- Horse Barn Exhibits: 8.1 mi
- Piggery - Exhibits: 8.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 5.8 mi
- Campbell Falls: 6.6 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 7.2 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 7.2 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 5.3 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 7.2 mi
- Naked Lady: 7.2 mi
- Divine Mercy: 11.8 mi
- The First Station - Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate: 11.9 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 1.9 mi
- trail parking: 4.8 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 6.7 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 7.5 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 10.6 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 8.9 mi
- The Beech: 13.2 mi
- Space Invaders: 13.3 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 13.3 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 13.3 mi
- Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Flower Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Herb Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 8.1 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 11.8 mi
- County Beach: 14.4 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 17.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 18.0 mi
- East Beach: 19.8 mi
- West Beach: 20.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 18.7 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.9 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 22.0 mi
- Questing: 3.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Saunders Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | W 260° | 793 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Ashley | WSW 245° | 725 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Race | WSW 247° | 723 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SW 234° | 708 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Undine | W 269° | 669 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Wilcox | NNE 21° | 642 m | 7.5 mi |
| South Pinnacle | W 260° | 626 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Plantain | WSW 242° | 626 m | 7.8 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 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:40 | 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 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29687305
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 6 mi
- Monterey · 7 mi
- Berkshires · 9 mi
- Stockbridge · 12 mi
- Lee · 13 mi
- Otis · 13 mi
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