Honwee Mountain
Honwee Mountain rises to 698 m in Massachusetts. Misery Mountain stands 793 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Berry Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Honwee Mountain, east summit 2,313 feet (705 m) and west summit 2,280 feet (690 m), is a prominent mountain in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest. The east (highest) summit is traversed by the Honwee Circuit multi-use trail. The west summit is crossed by the 35 mi (56 km) Taconic Crest hiking trail and the 12.1 mi (19.5 km) multi-use Taconic Skyline Trail. The mountain is wooded with northern hardwood forest species. The east peak of Honwee mountain is located within the town of Lanesborough and the west peak in the town of Hancock. A shorter, middle summit 2,200 feet (670 m), is located between the east and west peaks, but it lacks significant prominence over the connecting ridge it occupies. A prominent spur peak called The Pinnacle, 1,710 feet (520 m), is located to the west of the main ridgeline. The Taconic Range ridgeline continues north from Honwee Mountain as Poppy Mountain, south as Berry Hill, and west across the Wyomanock Creek valley as West Hill. The southwest side of the mountain drains into Berry Pond Creek, then Wyomanock Creek, thence into Kinderhook Creek, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The northwest side drains into Kinderhook Creek. The east side drains into Lulu Creek and Churchill Brook, thence into Onota Lake, the Housatonic River, and Long Island Sound.
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Wikidata Q5897308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 698 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 14.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 19.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Vista · 11 mi
- Adams Overlook · 11 mi
- The Hopper · 12 mi
- Robinson's Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Berry Hill: 0.7 mi
- Berry Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 1.5 mi
- Tower Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Balance Rock State Park: 1.9 mi
- Onota Lake Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Ramsey Beach: 3.0 mi
- Ramsey Beach: 3.0 mi
- Ramsey Beach: 3.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Lake Onota Village Park: 3.3 mi
- Pontoosuc Lake Park: 3.4 mi
- Pontoosuc Beach: 3.4 mi
- Wilson Playground: 3.8 mi
- Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument: 4.7 mi
- Sawmill Dam: 5.4 mi
- Daniel Petithory Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Burbank Dedication: 10.2 mi
- Stafford Hill Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Berkshire Museum: 5.1 mi
- Hancock Shaker Village: 5.9 mi
- Crane Museum of Papermaking: 7.1 mi
- Arrowhead: 7.2 mi
- Blacksmith Museum: 10.5 mi
- Courtyard by Marriott: 9.3 mi
- Copland Sculpture: 11.1 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 12.1 mi
- McKinley Statue: 12.3 mi
- Thomas Schütte Crystal: 14.2 mi
- Cascade on South Brook: 8.8 mi
- Silver Fox Falls: 9.4 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 10.1 mi
- Hoags Corners Falls: 10.5 mi
- March Cataract Falls: 10.8 mi
- Flower Garden: 12.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 12.5 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 14.6 mi
- Buxton Garden: 15.3 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 15.3 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 3.2 mi
- concrete bases: 9.1 mi
- balanced rock: 9.2 mi
- stone pillar: 9.7 mi
- concrete bases: 9.7 mi
- Clover Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 12.6 mi
- Witts Ledge: 16.0 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 8.7 mi
- Campers Beach: 16.3 mi
- Waterfront: 17.7 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 18.9 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 24.3 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 7.2 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 23.7 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.4 mi
- Day Use Area: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Honwee Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misery Mountain | N 355° | 793 m | 7.5 mi |
| Beoadic Mountain | NNE 18° | 792 m | 5.2 mi |
| East Mountain | NNE 16° | 791 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rounds Rock | NE 44° | 782 m | 7.8 mi |
| Jones Nose | NE 40° | 778 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sheeps Heaven Mountain | NNE 18° | 770 m | 4.8 mi |
| Widow Whites Peak | NE 35° | 737 m | 3.2 mi |
| Jiminy Peak | NNE 23° | 726 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358269617
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 2 mi
- Lanesborough · 4 mi
- Pittsfield · 5 mi
- New Lebanon · 6 mi
- New Ashford · 7 mi
- Cheshire · 8 mi
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