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
- Vista · 28 mi
- Robinson's Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monument Mountain Reservation: 0.4 mi
- Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Monument Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Root Orchards: 0.7 mi
- Agawam Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 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
- 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
- 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
- falls: 9.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 11.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.7 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 12.0 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 13.7 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
- 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
- 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
- Naumkeag Garden: 3.1 mi
- Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 3.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.5 mi
- Flower Garden: 6.5 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
- Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 10.9 mi
- Questing: 9.8 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 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 |
| Tom Ball Mountain | WNW 296° | 588 m | 3.4 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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