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Williams River Reserve

Williams River Reserve from directly overhead

Williams River Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pfeiffer Arboretum at Long Pond, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 8.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.22896, -73.37496

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Old Maids Park: 1.6 mi
  • Housatonic Common: 1.9 mi
  • Botham Park: 2.0 mi
  • Charles Castranova Park: 2.1 mi
  • Fountain Pond Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Christian Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Flag Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Peeskawso Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Three Mile Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Tom Ball Mountain: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 44
Museums: 38
Artworks: 25
Waterfalls: 24
Attractions: 14
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 2.2 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 10.0 mi
  • Clover Mountain: 18.3 mi
  • Corps Wall: 19.2 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Adams Point Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 16.0 mi
  • County Beach: 16.9 mi
  • East Beach: 19.3 mi
  • West Beach: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Williams River Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EverettSSW 199°793 m9.3 mi
Mount UndineSSW 201°669 m8.4 mi
Mount WilcoxE 97°642 m5.6 mi
Harvey MountainNNW 336°627 m6.3 mi
South PinnacleSSW 195°626 m8.9 mi
Mount DarbySSW 212°619 m7.9 mi
Mount SterlingSW 217°606 m7.7 mi
Pinnacle PointNNW 328°595 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1819:5220:34
September equinox06:4118:1618:53
December solstice07:2015:4016:25

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29786200

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