Rounds Mountain
Rounds Mountain rises to 683 m in New York. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Misery Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. 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
- 683 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
- The Hopper · 10 mi
- Adams Overlook · 10 mi
- Robinson's Point · 10 mi
- Fitch Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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: 6.5 mi
- Appletree Hill: 1.2 mi
- Jiminy Peak: 3.1 mi
- Sheeps Heaven Mountain: 3.1 mi
- The Pinnacle: 3.3 mi
- Beoadic Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument: 7.0 mi
- Sawmill Dam: 8.1 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
- Misery Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Hancock Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- E. Howe Forbush Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Widow White: 4.3 mi
- Barton's Ledge Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Thomas Schütte Crystal: 11.2 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 11.4 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 11.6 mi
- McKinley Statue: 11.7 mi
- The Wind Chimes: 12.7 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
- Walled Garden: 16.7 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 18.6 mi
- Troy Botanical Garden: 19.1 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 19.4 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: 14.9 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 9.9 miles of Rounds Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Greylock | ENE 61° | 1,063 m | 9.9 mi |
| Saddle Ball Mountain | ENE 66° | 985 m | 8.2 mi |
| Berlin Mountain | NNE 17° | 853 m | 8.9 mi |
| Beoadic Mountain | ENE 74° | 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 | 7.2 mi |
| Jones Nose | ENE 70° | 778 m | 7.6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 607680 — Rounds Mountain, Rensselaer County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357543892
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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