White Rock (Taconic Mountains)
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White Rock, Script error: No such module "convert"., is the high point on a Script error: No such module "convert". 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, Script error: No such module "convert".; Smith Hill, Script error: No such module "convert".; White Rock, the high point Script error: No such module "convert".; and Bald Mountain Script error: No such module "convert".. 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.
Geography
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The Taconic Mountains continue north from White Rock ridge across the Hoosic River valley as Mount Anthony and south over Petersburgh Pass as Mount Raimer. The White Rock ridge is flanked to the east across the Hoosic River Valley by the western escarpment of the Green Mountains. The west side of the ridge drains into the Little Hoosic River, thence into the Hoosic River, the Hudson River, and Long Island Sound. The east side drains into the Hoosic River. Petersburg Pass, located on New York Route 2/ Massachusetts Route 2, cuts over the gap between the southernmost knob of the ridge, White Rocks, and Mount Raimer, at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"..
References
- Massachusetts Trail Guide (2004). Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club.
- Day Hiker's Guide to Vermont 5th Edition (2006). Waterbury Center, Vermont: Green Mountain Club.
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External links
- Berkshire Natural Resource Council.
- Rensselaer Land Trust.
- Taconic Hiking Club
- Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation
- Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation trail map
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