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Culturally, the term "Berkshires" includes all of the highland region in western Massachusetts west of the Connecticut River and lower Westfield River. The cultural region also includes the Taconic Mountains bordering New York, which are geologically distinct from the Berkshires orogeny. Southwest Vermont and the Taconic region of New York are ...
Name Sub-range Type ... New York: Slide Mountain: 1,274 Champlain Peak Notre Dame Mountains ... New York, and Berkshire County, Massachusetts: 814
The small-batch spirits at Berkshire Mountain Distillery include earthy corn whiskeys and smoky oak rums (pictured), while certified B-Corp Berkshire Cider Project specializes in sustainably-made ...
The Adirondack Mountains are sometimes considered part of the Appalachians but, geologically speaking, are a southern extension of the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. The Adirondacks do not form a connected range, but are an eroded dome consisting of over one hundred summits, ranging from under 1,200 feet (366 m) to over 5,000 feet (1,524 m) in ...
The Taconic Mountains (/ t ə ˈ k ɒ n ɪ k /) are a 150-mile-long sub-range of the Appalachian Mountains lying on the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England. The range, which played a role in the history of geological science, is separated from the Berkshires and Green Mountains to the east by a series of valleys, principally those of the Housatonic River, Battenkill River ...
Highest point; Elevation: 1,893 ft (577 m) [citation needed] Coordinates: 1]: Geography; Location: Copake, New York and southwest Berkshire County, Massachusetts: Parent range: Taconic Mountains: Geology; Rock age: Ordovician [citation needed]: Mountain type(s): Thrust fault; metamorphic rock [citation needed]: Climbing; Easiest route: South Taconic Trail: Mount Fray, 1,893 feet (577 m), also ...
The western terminus in Williamstown provides access to Mount Greylock, U.S. Route 7, and New York State Route 2. A portion of the historic footpath route, running through Florida, Savoy, and Charlemont, from the confluence of the Cold and Deerfield Rivers up the Cold River valley to Wheeler Brook, was added to the National Register of Historic ...
This is a list of some of the mountains in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, including those in the mountain range known as the Berkshires. Mount Greylock is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet (1,064 m) in elevation.