Rounds Mountain
Rounds Mountain rises to 685 m in New York. Saddle Ball Mountain stands 985 m to the east-northeast, 8.2 miles off. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts and adjacent New York
Wikidata Q7371262, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 685 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 18.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 21.2 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Vista · 10 mi
- The Hopper · 10 mi
- Adams Overlook · 10 mi
- Robinson's Point · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rounds Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Appletree Hill: 1.2 mi
- Jiminy Peak: 3.1 mi
- Sheeps Heaven Mountain: 3.1 mi
- The Pinnacle: 3.3 mi
- Cherry Plain State Park: 5.0 mi
- Bill Laston Memorial Field: 6.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Little League Field: 6.4 mi
- Shatford Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument: 7.0 mi
- Sawmill Dam: 8.2 mi
- Daniel Petithory Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower: 9.9 mi
- Dragon: 10.4 mi
- Berkshire Museum: 9.4 mi
- Hancock Shaker Village: 9.7 mi
- Eastfield Village: 10.6 mi
- Crane Museum of Papermaking: 10.6 mi
- Lunder Center at Stone Hill: 11.2 mi
- Thomas Schütte Crystal: 11.2 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 11.4 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 11.4 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 11.6 mi
- McKinley Statue: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 2.5 mi
- Sentinels: 12.0 mi
- Grandfather Rock: 12.3 mi
- concrete bases: 13.3 mi
- balanced rock: 13.5 mi
- Buxton Garden: 12.1 mi
- Flower Garden: 16.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 16.7 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 18.6 mi
- Troy Botanical Garden: 19.1 mi
- Hoags Corners Falls: 8.4 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 8.5 mi
- Silver Fox Falls: 8.8 mi
- March Cataract Falls: 9.2 mi
- Haley Falls: 9.7 mi
- Clover Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 11.4 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Witts Ledge: 14.2 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 11.5 mi
- Waterfront: 13.7 mi
- Campers Beach: 14.8 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 20.4 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 23.1 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 18.3 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
- James Jeffords Welcome Center Bennington: 24.1 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 10.0 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 20.1 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Rounds Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Ball Mountain | ENE 66° | 985 m | 8.2 mi |
| Berlin Mountain | NNE 17° | 853 m | 8.9 mi |
| Misery Mountain | NNE 16° | 793 m | 3.5 mi |
| Beoadic Mountain | ENE 75° | 792 m | 3.3 mi |
| East Mountain | ENE 59° | 791 m | 3.9 mi |
| Stony Ledge | NE 55° | 783 m | 8.9 mi |
| Rounds Rock | ENE 78° | 782 m | 7.1 mi |
| Jones Nose | ENE 70° | 778 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357583072
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 2 mi
- New Ashford · 6 mi
- Lanesborough · 7 mi
- New Lebanon · 8 mi
- Cheshire · 9 mi
- Pittsfield · 9 mi
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