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White Rock

White Rock, seen from above at true elevation

White Rock rises to 775 m in New York. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 2.1 miles off.

The story

White Rock, 2,550 feet (780 m), is the high point on a 7 mi (11 km) ridgeline in the Taconic Mountains. The ridge is located in the tri-state corner of New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont in the towns of Petersburgh, Williamstown, and Pownal. The ridge has several distinct knobs; those with names are, from south to north: White Rocks, 2,365 feet (721 m); Smith Hill, 2,330 feet (710 m); White Rock, the high point 2,550 feet (780 m); and Bald Mountain 2,485 feet (757 m). The Snow Hole, located along the ridgeline between Bald Mountain and the White Rock, is a crevasse in which snow can be found well into the summer.

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Wikidata Q7995327, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
775 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.75397, -73.28039

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Broad Brook Park: 4.5 mi
  • Field Park: 4.5 mi
  • Science Quad: 4.8 mi
  • Currier Quad: 5.0 mi
  • Denison Park: 5.0 mi
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 28
  • Haley Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Money Brook Falls: 8.5 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Hoosick Falls: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Grandfather Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Sentinels: 8.1 mi
  • Mountain Coaster: 13.8 mi
  • Antique Truck: 19.1 mi
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Buxton Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Troy Botanical Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Meditation Gardens: 19.4 mi
  • Tenth Street Community Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Ninth Street Community Garden: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Thomas Schütte Crystal: 4.5 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 4.6 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 4.6 mi
  • The Wind Chimes: 7.0 mi
  • The Owl: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 5
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of White Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockSE 144°1,063 m9.9 mi
Saddle Ball MountainSSE 154°985 m10.5 mi
Mount FitchSE 138°945 m9.1 mi
Houghton MountainENE 66°939 m10.9 mi
Mount WilliamsSE 134°901 m8.6 mi
Scrub HillENE 68°883 m9.4 mi
Spruce HillENE 64°858 m10.0 mi
Berlin MountainS 184°853 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1619:5320:36
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2115:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445664696760493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pownal 1 NE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357597174

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