Everything about White Rock Taconic Mountains totally explained
» This article is about a mountain ridge in the Taconic Mountains. For other uses, see White Rock
White Rock,, is the name of the high point on a 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, ;
Smith Hill, ;
White Rock, the high point ; and
Bald Mountain . 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
The summit and west side of the ridge are located in New York, the east side in Vermont, and the southeast in Massachusetts. The summit ridge is part meadow and part wooded with
red spruce,
balsam fir, and
northern hardwood tree species. It is notable for its views of the
Hoosic River valley and
Hudson River Valley. The
Taconic Crest Trail traverses the mountain. Portions of the ridge are within protected conservation land, but much of it's privately owned.
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 .
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