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Pine Mountain

Pine Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pine Mountain rises to 680 m in Massachusetts. Misery Mountain stands 793 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Berry Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

The story

Pine Mountain, 2,221 feet (677 m), is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest and is traversed by the Pine Mountain Trail, which connects to the 35 mi (56 km) Taconic Crest hiking trail and the 12.1 mi (19.5 km) multi-use Taconic Skyline Trail. The summit and west side of Pine Mountain are located within Hancock, Massachusetts; the east side is within Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Pine Mountain shares the summit ridge with Tower Mountain to the west; Smith Mountain is located south along the ridgeline, and Berry Mountain to the north. Tilden Swamp, a highland bog, is located just below the summit to the northwest. The mountain drains into Hawthorne Brook, Parker Brook, and Onota Lake, thence to the Housatonic River and Long Island Sound.

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Wikidata Q7195278, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
680 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49453, -73.32011

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Shatford Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Shatford Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Onota Village Park: 3.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Pontoosuc Lake Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 48
Waterfalls: 25
Attractions: 22
  • Mountain Coaster: 4.4 mi
  • concrete bases: 8.1 mi
  • balanced rock: 8.2 mi
  • concrete bases: 8.7 mi
  • stone pillar: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 22
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 5
Springs: 2
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 5.9 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 18.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Misery MountainN 1°793 m8.6 mi
Beoadic MountainNNE 21°792 m6.5 mi
East MountainNNE 19°791 m7.6 mi
Rounds RockNE 43°782 m9.0 mi
Sheeps Heaven MountainNNE 21°770 m6.1 mi
Widow Whites PeakNE 34°737 m4.5 mi
Jiminy PeakNNE 27°726 m3.8 mi
Honwee MountainNNE 33°698 m1.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:1719:5220:35
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2015:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455664696760483828
Precip in2.72.53.13.43.84.64.23.84.54.63.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 607639 — Pine Mountain, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358269693

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