Misery Mountain
Misery Mountain rises to 662 m in Massachusetts. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 7.6 miles off. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Misery Mountain, 2,671 feet (814 m), with at least ten well-defined summits, is a prominent 6 mi (9.7 km) long ridgeline in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts and adjacent New York. The west side of the mountain is located in New York; the east side and high point lie within Massachusetts. The summit ridge is part meadow and part wooded with red spruce, balsam fir, and northern hardwood tree species. It is notable for its views of the Hudson River Valley to the west. The 35 mi (56 km) Taconic Crest Trail traverses the crest of the ridgeline but does not cross the summit.
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Wikidata Q6875376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 662 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 6.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 18.0 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- The Hopper · 7 mi
- Vista · 7 mi
- Adams Overlook · 8 mi
- Robinson's Point · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Misery Mountain: 0.4 mi
- East Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Butternut Hill: 2.8 mi
- Appletree Hill: 2.8 mi
- Beoadic Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Blair Hiking Area: 4.1 mi
- Cherry Plain State Park: 5.0 mi
- Margaret Lindley Park: 6.4 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 6.7 mi
- Bill Laston Memorial Field: 7.2 mi
- Tenney Home: 7.4 mi
- Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower: 7.6 mi
- Dragon: 8.2 mi
- Baby Dragon: 8.4 mi
- 1753 House: 8.6 mi
- Lunder Center at Stone Hill: 7.9 mi
- Williamstown House of Local History: 8.5 mi
- Williams College Museum of Art: 8.7 mi
- Mehlin Museum of Astronomy: 8.7 mi
- Farm Museum: 8.7 mi
- Thomas Schütte Crystal: 7.9 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 8.1 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 8.1 mi
- The Wind Chimes: 9.7 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 4.2 mi
- Sentinels: 10.0 mi
- Grandfather Rock: 10.2 mi
- concrete bases: 16.3 mi
- balanced rock: 16.4 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 6.2 mi
- Haley Falls: 6.3 mi
- March Cataract Falls: 6.9 mi
- Silver Fox Falls: 7.2 mi
- Money Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
- Buxton Garden: 8.8 mi
- Troy Botanical Garden: 18.2 mi
- Flower Garden: 19.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 19.7 mi
- Stow Hill: 20.5 mi
- Clover Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 9.1 mi
- Witts Ledge: 11.4 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Hoosac Range: 15.0 mi
- Campers Beach: 12.2 mi
- Waterfront: 12.9 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 14.9 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 19.5 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 20.5 mi
- James Jeffords Welcome Center Bennington: 20.8 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 24.2 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 13.4 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 19.9 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 20.8 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 18.7 mi
- Davis: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Misery Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Greylock | ENE 78° | 1,063 m | 7.6 mi |
| Saddle Ball Mountain | E 88° | 985 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Fitch | ENE 70° | 945 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Williams | ENE 64° | 901 m | 8.6 mi |
| Berlin Mountain | NNE 13° | 853 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Prospect | ENE 63° | 816 m | 7.3 mi |
| Misery Mountain | NW 312° | 793 m | 0.4 mi |
| Beoadic Mountain | SE 139° | 792 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Adams Harriman AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 607583 — Misery Mountain, Rensselaer County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357543885
Day trips start here
- New Ashford · 4 mi
- Hancock · 5 mi
- Cheshire · 8 mi
- Lanesborough · 8 mi
- Williamstown · 9 mi
- Adams · 10 mi
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