Peeskawso Peak
Peeskawso Peak rises to 477 m in Massachusetts. Walling Mountain stands 675 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil’s Pulpit, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Summit in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49077331, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 477 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 21.6 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 10 mi
- Adams Overlook · 28 mi
- Robinson's Point · 29 mi
- The Hopper · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Mile Hill: 0.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 0.9 mi
- Evergreen Hill: 1.2 mi
- Monument Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Beartown Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Fountain Pond Park: 0.8 mi
- Housatonic Common: 1.5 mi
- Old Maids Park: 2.1 mi
- Recreation Park: 2.6 mi
- Bidwell Park: 2.8 mi
- Monument Mountain Reservation: 0.4 mi
- Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Monument Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Root Orchards: 0.7 mi
- Ball Field, Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC): 0.9 mi
- Butler Seat: 2.7 mi
- Rostrum: 2.7 mi
- St. John Paul II: 3.2 mi
- St. Faustina: 3.2 mi
- St. Francis: 3.3 mi
- Chesterwood Museum: 1.7 mi
- Chesterwood: 2.7 mi
- Procter Museum & Archives: 2.8 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 2.8 mi
- Studio: 2.9 mi
- Divine Mercy: 3.2 mi
- The First Station - Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate: 3.2 mi
- The Second Station - Jesus Accepts His Cross: 3.2 mi
- Naked Lady: 3.2 mi
- The Third Station - Jesus Falls the First Time: 3.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 11.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.7 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 12.0 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 13.7 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 14.3 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 0.1 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Clover Mountain: 17.0 mi
- Corps Wall: 18.5 mi
- Murdock Wall: 18.5 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 3.7 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 6.6 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- concrete bases: 9.0 mi
- stone pillar: 9.1 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 11.9 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 13.9 mi
- County Beach: 15.5 mi
- East Beach: 21.5 mi
- West Beach: 22.2 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 3.1 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 3.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.5 mi
- Heritage Garden: 6.8 mi
- Questing: 9.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 10.9 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Peeskawso Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walling Mountain | ENE 65° | 675 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Undine | SSW 208° | 669 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Wilcox | ESE 117° | 642 m | 4.2 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | NW 316° | 627 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Darby | SW 217° | 619 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Sterling | SW 221° | 606 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Point | NW 309° | 595 m | 6.9 mi |
| Dorman Mountain | E 91° | 595 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
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 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 607738 — Peeskawso Peak, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358269791
Day trips start here
- Stockbridge · 3 mi
- Great Barrington · 4 mi
- Lee · 6 mi
- Lenox · 8 mi
- Monterey · 8 mi
- Berkshires · 11 mi
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