Lenox Dale Massachusetts Map

About Lenox Dale, Massachusetts

Lenox Dale is a locality in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 466. The population density is 328.9 people per km². Lenox Dale is located at 42.3362°N, 73.2454°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01242.

Lenox Dale occupies a low-lying stretch of land where the steady, dark waters of the Housatonic River cut through the earth with persistent, quiet purpose. It lies 3.6 miles west-northwest of Berkshires, MA (from Berkshires, MA: bearing 298°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south of Pittsfield. The air here holds the damp chill of the inland basin, carrying the scent of damp soil and heavy timber as it drifts down from the distant, bruised-purple shadows of the Berkshire Hills. To the south, the surface of Woods Pond reflects the shifting gray of the sky, its edges fringed with thickets that thicken into the dense, brooding canopy of October Mountain State Forest just a short distance away. Within the center of the landscape, Tillotson Park provides a flat, open space where the wind sweeps across the grass, grounding the geography in a stark, unadorned reality that feels older than the houses built upon it.

Industry once defined the pulse of Lenox Dale, fueled by the river’s flow and the iron-willed labor of those who turned the local mills and quarries. The brick foundations and heavy rafters of older buildings remain as quiet evidence of a time when the economy relied on the earth’s own raw materials, creating a character that values utility over ornament. Today, the pace of life follows the slow, seasonal turn of the woods, far removed from the frantic noise of modern centers. Residents move through their days with a measured, deliberate gravity, their lives shaped by the proximity to the deep, silent wilderness and the cold, reliable path of the water that continues to move past the threshold of the land.

About This Lenox Dale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lenox Dale, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.336198, -73.245384. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Lenox Dale includes the ZIP code (01242), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Berkshire County (Pittsfield), and school district assignment (Lenox School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.