View from Mount Greylock
This is the view from atop Mount Greylock all the way up at the top of the tower.
Mount Greylock, 3,491 feet (1,064 m), is the highest point in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; its peak is located in the northwest corner of the state in the western part of the town of Adams (near its border with Williamstown) in Berkshire County. Although geologically part of the Taconic Mountains, Mount Greylock is commonly associated with the abutting Berkshire Hills to the east. The mountain is known for its expansive views encompassing five states and the only taiga/boreal forest in the state. A seasonal automobile road (open annually from late May through November 1) climbs to the summit, where stands the iconic 93-foot (28 m) high lighthouse-like Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower. A network of hiking trails traverse the mountain including the 2,174-mile (3,499 km) Appalachian Trail. Mount Greylock State Reservation was created in 1898 as Massachusetts' first public land for the purpose of forest preservation.
The summit of Mount Greylock is located in Adams, but the mountain spreads into the towns of North Adams, Williamstown, Cheshire, New Ashford and Lanesborough. Mount Greylock is composed of a north-south oriented central ridge: Saddle Ball Mountain 3,247 ft (990 m); Mount Greylock, the high point (3,491 ft (1,064 m); Mount Fitch (3,110 ft/950 m); and Mount Williams (2,951 ft/899 m); flanked by two subordinate ridges: on the west by Mount Prospect (2,690 ft/820 m) and Stony Ledge (2,560 ft/780 m), and on the east by Ragged Mountain (2,528 ft/771 m).
Geographically, Mount Greylock forms an 11-mile (18 km) long by 4.5-mile (7.2 km) wide island-like range between the Hoosac Range to the east, the Green Mountains to the north, the Berkshires to the south and east, and the Taconic Mountains to the west which it is geologically associated; all ranges are associated with the Appalachian mountain chain. On the average, Mount Greylock rises 2,000 feet (610 m) above surrounding river valleys and 1,000 feet (300 m) above the Berkshire and Taconic Mountains. From the summit, views upwards to 70100 miles (110160 km) are possible into five different states: Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire.
The ridgeline of the Taconic Mountains continues southwest from Mount Greylock as Brodie Mountain. Mount Greylock is flanked to the north by the Green Mountains escarpment of East Mountain and Pine Cobble. It is flanked to the west across the Green River valley by the Taconic peak Berlin Mountain, and to the east across the Hoosic River valley by the Hoosac Range of the Berkshires. The northwest side of Mount Greylock drains into the Green River, thence into the Hoosic River, Hudson River, and Long Island Sound. The south side of the mountain drains into Town Brook, thence into the Housatonic River and Long Island Sound. The rest of the mountain drains into the Hoosic River.
New England, USA: A Taste of the Berkshires
The Berkshires are named for the rolling hills that march north and south up the western edge of the State of Massachusetts but known primarily for attracting celebrities from the music and arts scene, and for an especially famous resident, Norman Rockwell. It's also a region well-known for a growing collection of restaurants that feature local vegetables, cheeses and gourmet cuisine. In this feature we enjoy the taste of travel as we explore the towns from Great Barrington to Lennox, meet some of the chefs and inn-keepers, and visit the location of a much loved painting. For more information visit ontopoftheworld.net and check out episode # 51 in the International category.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Its area code is 413. Its ZIP code is 01201 (01202 and 01203 are zip codes for Pittsfield post office boxes only). The population was 44,737 at the 2010 census. Although the population has declined in recent decades, Pittsfield remains the third largest municipality in western Massachusetts, behind only Springfield and Chicopee.
In 2005, Farmers Insurance ranked Pittsfield 20th in the United States as “Most Secure Place To Live” among small towns with fewer than 150,000 residents. In 2006, Forbes ranked Pittsfield as number 61 in its list of Best Small Places for Business. In 2008, Country Home magazine ranked Pittsfield as #24 in a listing of green cities east of the Mississippi. In 2009, the City of Pittsfield was chosen to receive a 2009 Commonwealth Award, Massachusetts' highest award in the arts, humanities, and sciences. In 2010, the Financial Times proclaimed Pittsfield the Brooklyn of the Berkshires, in an article covering its recent renaissance.
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Adams, Massachusetts - Head For The Hills
Photo slideshow with drone photography of Adams, Massachusetts, a beautiful and well preserved New England small town.
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DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY: Nick Mantello
2015 PEDAL AND PLOD, ADAMS MASSACHUSETTS
Tom crashes around 9:15 into the video but the camera is zoomed quite a ways out so it's not very easy to see.
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Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It shares a border with Vermont to the north and New York to the west. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,754 at the 2010 census. A college town, it is home to Williams College, the Clark Art Institute and the Tony-awarded Williamstown Theatre Festival, which runs every July and August.
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W. Mass. D3 wrestling: Tajaye Davis wins in semifinals
Taconic 285-pounder Tajaye Davis earns a 37-second pin of Pathfinder's Brandon Turcotte in the Western Mass. Division III wrestling semifinals Saturday (Feb. 16) at Monument Mountain Regional High School. (Video by Matthew Sprague, Eagle sports editor)