Alander Mountain
Alander Mountain rises to 680 m in Massachusetts. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the east-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Washburn Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.
The story
Alander Mountain is a 2,241-foot-tall (683 m) part of the south Taconic Mountains in southwest Massachusetts and adjacent to New York. The summit is grassy and covered with scrub oak and shrubs; the sides of the mountain are heavily forested. Several trails traverse Alander Mountain, most notably is the 15.7 mi (25.3 km) South Taconic Trail, which passes just beneath the summit. Much of the mountain is located within Taconic State Park and Mount Washington State Forest; other parcels are privately held. The west slope of Alander is within Copake, New York. The point where the state line crosses the ridge next to the South Taconic Trail is, at 2,115 feet (645 m), the highest elevation in Columbia County. The summit and east side are within the town of Mount Washington, Massachusetts. The west side of Alander Mountain drains into the Preachy Hill Brook, then into the Noster Kill, Bash Bish Brook, the Roeliff Jansen Kill, thence the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The east side drains into Ashley Hill Brook, then Bash Bish Brook and the Roeliff Jansen Kill.
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Wikidata Q4708190, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 680 m
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Washburn Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Bash Bish Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Washington: 2.0 mi
- Mount Ashley: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Plaintain Pond: 2.5 mi
- Camp Hi-Rock: 3.2 mi
- Schenob Brook Fen: 4.4 mi
- Schenob Brook Fen: 4.7 mi
- Mount Riga State Park: 4.9 mi
- Garrett Garden and Green: 2.7 mi
- Copake Town Park: 2.9 mi
- Town Park: 6.8 mi
- East Twin Lake Water Access: 6.9 mi
- French Park: 7.8 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 7.9 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 9.0 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 9.8 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 2.2 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 2.8 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 7.3 mi
- Dough Boy: 10.0 mi
- Searles Castle: 10.2 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 9.5 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 10.3 mi
- Naked Lady: 10.6 mi
- Diving Lady: 10.9 mi
- Divine Mercy: 17.0 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 2.0 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 3.9 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 3.9 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.1 mi
- Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 16.8 mi
- Flower Gardens: 16.8 mi
- Herb Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Heritage Garden: 16.9 mi
- trail parking: 5.2 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 8.1 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 9.5 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 10.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 11.1 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 13.8 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Trap Cliff: 22.2 mi
- The Beech: 22.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 22.4 mi
- East Beach: 10.2 mi
- West Beach: 11.0 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 18.1 mi
- South Landing: 21.9 mi
- West Landing: 21.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Questing: 13.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.9 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 21.8 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Alander Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | ENE 75° | 793 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Frissell | SSE 156° | 747 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Ashley | SE 140° | 725 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Race | E 96° | 723 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 139° | 708 m | 3.9 mi |
| Brace Mountain | SSE 169° | 706 m | 3.1 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | SSE 168° | 702 m | 3.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSE 152° | 695 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 607266 — Alander Mountain, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/357543865
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 10 mi
- Monterey · 16 mi
- Stockbridge · 17 mi
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Lee · 20 mi
- Lenox · 22 mi
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