Bash Bish Falls
Bash Bish Falls, a waterfall in Bash Bish Falls State Park in the Taconic Mountains of southwestern Massachusetts, is the highest waterfall in the state.Photo: HP R817, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Waterfall (intermittent)
- Description: waterfall in Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as: “Bash Bish”, “Bashapish”, “Bashapish Falls”, and “Bashbish Falls”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alander Mountain.
Alander Mountain
Peak
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alander Mountain is a 2,241-foot-tall part of the south Taconic Mountains in southwest Massachusetts and adjacent to New York. The summit is grassy and covered with scrub oak and shrubs; the sides of the mountain are heavily forested. Alander Mountain is situated 2 miles south of Bash Bish Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copake Falls and Mount Washington.
Copake Falls
Village
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Copake Falls is a hamlet and census-designated place in Columbia County, New York, United States. The hamlet, once known as Copake Iron Works, is in the eastern part of the town of Copake, 1.5 miles west of the Massachusetts state line. Copake Falls is situated 1½ miles west of Bash Bish Falls.
Mount Washington
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Washington is a tiny town in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. It is at the southwest corner of the state, the only Massachusetts town to border both New York and Connecticut.
Taconic Shores
Hamlet
Taconic Shores is a residential development and census-designated place in Columbia County, New York, United States. The hamlet is near the geographic center of the town of Copake and surrounds Robinson Pond, a water body on the Roeliff Jansen Kill. Taconic Shores is situated 3 miles west of Bash Bish Falls.
Bash Bish Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Berkshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.11529° or 42° 6′ 55″ northLongitude
-73.49342° or 73° 29′ 36″ westElevation
1,132 feet (345 metres)Open location code
87J84G84+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 7306947804OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yesGeoNames ID
4929858Wikidata ID
Q4866752
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