Mount Fitch
Mount Fitch rises to 945 m in Massachusetts. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the south-southwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Money Brook Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
Mount Fitch is the third-highest peak in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at 3,104 feet (946 m). It is located on the ridge between Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m) to its south and Mount Williams at 2,951 feet (899 m) to its north. The peak sits in the northwest corner of the Town of Adams (originally known as the Town of East Hoosac) in Berkshire County. The forested summit is approximately 123 yards (112 m) due west of a local high-point on the Appalachian Trail. Mount Fitch does not meet the Appalachian Mountain Club's prominence criterion of 200 vertical feet of separation from adjacent peaks as outlined in New England's Four-thousand footers list. Currently there is no side-spur trail or signage directing a hiker to the summit of Mt. Fitch from the Appalachian Trail; however, there is a wooden placard at the summit itself (pictured at right). The top is infrequently visited by hikers due to its anonymity, the bushwhack necessary to reach the top and the viewless summit.
The peak is named for Ebenezer Fitch, who served as president of Williams College in nearby Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1793–1815. The name and geographic significance of the peak were disparaged by R.R.R. Brooks in his 1953 history of Williamstown, "[I]t is doubtful whether more than one resident in ten knows Mt. Williams from Mt. Fitch". In 1947, local residents Dr. Joseph Wilk and Bartlett Hendricks terminated clear cutting the summit of Mount Fitch, which remains overgrown to this date.
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Wikidata Q6920767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 945 m
How to reach it
- On the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 3.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 15.4 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fitch Overlook · 1 mi
- Robinson's Point · 1 mi
- Ragged Mountain · 1 mi
- The Hopper · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Williams: 0.9 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mount Prospect: 1.3 mi
- Mount Greylock: 1.3 mi
- George Bowe Park: 2.4 mi
- Renfrew Park: 2.7 mi
- Valley Street Field: 2.8 mi
- West End Playground: 2.9 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 3.0 mi
- Catherine Street Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
- Hopper Road Reserve: 2.7 mi
- The Cascades: 2.7 mi
- Green River Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Hoosic River Access: 3.2 mi
- Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower: 1.3 mi
- Dragon: 1.4 mi
- Baby Dragon: 1.6 mi
- Hoosac Tunnel - Notch Mountain Alignment Tower: 2.3 mi
- North Adams Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum: 4.0 mi
- Lunder Center at Stone Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mehlin Museum of Astronomy: 4.4 mi
- Williams College Museum of Art: 4.4 mi
- Williamstown House of Local History: 4.8 mi
- Money Brook Falls: 0.6 mi
- March Cataract Falls: 1.7 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 2.4 mi
- Peck's Falls: 2.4 mi
- Lower Peck's Falls: 2.5 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 9.7 mi
- Antique Truck: 11.4 mi
- Thunderbolt Mountain Coaster: 14.6 mi
- Grandfather Rock: 14.8 mi
- Sentinels: 14.8 mi
- McKinley Statue: 3.0 mi
- The Wind Chimes: 3.1 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 3.2 mi
- Mr. Bling: 3.8 mi
- C.A.V.U. (Skyspace): 3.9 mi
- Raven Rocks: 1.4 mi
- Witts Ledge: 3.5 mi
- Hoosac Range: 6.8 mi
- Clover Mountain: 15.1 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 21.5 mi
- Campers Beach: 4.0 mi
- The Ledges: 19.1 mi
- Waterfront: 19.2 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 20.4 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 21.2 mi
- Buxton Garden: 5.8 mi
- Flower Garden: 23.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 23.3 mi
- Troy Botanical Garden: 24.1 mi
- Day Use Area: 10.9 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 18.2 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 18.4 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Fitch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Greylock | SSW 193° | 1,063 m | 1.3 mi |
| Saddle Ball Mountain | SSW 210° | 985 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Williams | N 7° | 901 m | 0.9 mi |
| Crum Hill | ENE 62° | 863 m | 8.1 mi |
| Berlin Mountain | WNW 291° | 853 m | 6.9 mi |
| Blackpoll Mountain | NE 53° | 838 m | 7.6 mi |
| The Dome | N 357° | 836 m | 8.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | ENE 66° | 821 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:37 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 607419 — Mount Fitch, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358269584
Day trips start here
- Adams · 3 mi
- North Adams · 4 mi
- Williamstown · 4 mi
- New Ashford · 5 mi
- Cheshire · 6 mi
- Florida · 8 mi
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