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{{Short description|State reservation in Mount Washington and Sheffield, Massachusetts, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Mount Everett State Reservation
| photo = MountEverettBearsDenRd.JPG
| photo_caption = Mount Everett
| photo_alt = Mount Everett
| map = USA Massachusetts#USA
| map_size = 280
| map_caption = Location in Massachusetts
| relief = 1
| location = [[Mount Washington, Massachusetts|Mount Washington]] and [[Sheffield, Massachusetts|Sheffield]], [[Massachusetts]], United States
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| coordinates = {{coord|42.1019559|-73.4325076|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| area_acre = 2492
| area_ref = <ref name=2012acreagelist/>
| elevation = {{convert|2602|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|619256|Mount Everett}}</ref>
| established = 1908
| named_for =
| administrator = [[Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]]
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| website = {{Official website}}
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'''Mount Everett State Reservation''' is a public recreation area in the [[New England town|towns]] of [[Mount Washington, Massachusetts|Mount Washington]] and [[Sheffield, Massachusetts|Sheffield]], [[Massachusetts]], that offers panoramic views of Massachusetts, [[Connecticut]], and [[New York State|New York]] from the summit of {{convert|2624|ft|adj=on}} [[Mount Everett]].<ref name=dcr/> The reservation abuts [[Jug End State Reservation and Wildlife Management Area]]; [[Bash Bish Falls State Park]] and [[Mount Washington State Forest]] lie to the west. All are managed by the [[Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]].

==History==
The [[Massachusetts General Court|state legislature]] established the Mount Everett Reservation Commission in 1908. The commission was provided a fund of $5000 to purchase land in the towns of Mount Washington and Sheffield that would become the Mount Everett State Reservation.<ref name=Acts1907/> By 1912, a little over half of the appropriation had been used to purchase 815 acres.<ref name=Report1912/> The commission was abolished in 1975 when management of the reservation was transferred to the Department of Natural Resources.<ref name=Acts1974/>

==Old growth forest==
The reservation has about {{convert|530|acre|ha}} of [[old-growth forest]], most of which is found on the east side of Mount Everett. The forest contains [[eastern hemlock]], [[eastern white pine]], and hardwoods such as [[Sugar Maple|sugar]] and [[red maple]], [[Quercus alba|white]] and [[northern red oak]], [[American beech]], and [[Sweet Birch|sweet]] and [[yellow birch]]. Old-growth forest with a similar composition occurs around Guilder Pond. Mount Everett's summit supports a dwarf forest of [[pitch pine]] and [[bear oak]] that, aside from clearing for a fire tower and trails, has not been disturbed for centuries.<ref name=davis/><ref>See the [[list of old-growth forests in Massachusetts]] for details.</ref>

==Activities and amenities==
The [[Appalachian Trail]] traverses the entire length of the reservation from south to north, crossing the summit of Mount Everett as it does. Additional trails are available for hiking and cross-country skiing. Picnicking and canoeing are found at Guilder Pond.<ref name=dcr/>

==References==
{{Portal|Massachusetts}}
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=2012acreagelist>{{cite web |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/final-landscape-designations-list/download |title=2012 Acreage Listing |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=April 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2025}}</ref>

<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/locations/mount-everett-state-reservation |title=Mount Everett State Reservation |date=2017-06-30 |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |access-date=May 8, 2025}}</ref>

<ref name=davis>{{cite web |url=http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/ma.pdf |title=Massachusetts |work=Old Growth in the East: A Survey |first=Mary Byrd |last=Davis |date=January 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919193728/http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/ma.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |access-date=September 4, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name=Acts1907>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0iwWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA928 |title=Chapter 571. An act to establish the Mount Everett Reservation in the County of Berkshire |work=Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Years 1906, 1907, and 1908 |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |year=1909 |page=928 |access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=Report1912>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/annualreport1123mass#page/n7/mode/2up |title=Third Annual Report |publisher=Mount Everett State Reservation Commission |date=January 1912 |pages=3–6 |access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=Acts1974>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1974/1974acts0806.pdf
|title=Chapter 806. An act establishing an executive office of environmental affairs |work=Acts, 1974 |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date=August 12, 1974 |pages=815–816 |access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[https://www.mass.gov/locations/mount-everett-state-reservation Mount Everett State Reservation] Department of Conservation and Recreation
*[https://www.mass.gov/doc/mt-washington-state-forest-trail-map/download Mt. Washington State Forest Trail Map] Department of Conservation and Recreation

{{Protected areas of Massachusetts}}

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[[Category:State parks of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Taconic Mountains]]
[[Category:Parks in Berkshire County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Mount Washington, Massachusetts]]

Mount Everett State Reservation - Revision history

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