Mount Frissell
Mount Frissell is a 2,454-foot mountain in the Taconic Range of the Northeastern United States. It is notable for featuring both a tripoint of the borders of southwest Massachusetts, northwest Connecticut, and eastern New York state, and the high point of Connecticut on its south slope.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,451 feet
- Description: mountain in Massachusetts and Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Mount Frizzell” and “Mt. Frissell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Round Mountain and Brace Mountain.
Round Mountain
Peak
Round Mountain, 2,296 feet, located on the border of southwest Massachusetts and northwest Connecticut, is a prominent peak of the Taconic Range. The peak and southern slopes of the mountain are within Connecticut; the northern slope lies within Massachusetts.
Brace Mountain
Peak
Brace Mountain is the peak of a ridge in the southern Taconic Mountains, near the tripoint of the U.S. states of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Gridley Mountain
Peak
Gridley Mountain, 2,211 feet, is the third highest elevation in the state of Connecticut. The mountain, part of the Taconic Range, has no official trail and is located on private property.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copake Falls and Salisbury.
Copake Falls
Village
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 5 miles northwest of Mount Frissell.
Salisbury
Salisbury is a city in Connecticut. It includes the village of Lakeville, home to Lime Rock Park raceway.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 6 miles northwest of Mount Frissell.
Mount Frissell
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Mount Washington, Berkshire, Berkshires, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.05126° or 42° 3′ 5″ north
Longitude
-73.482° or 73° 28′ 55″ west
Elevation
2,451 feet (747 metres)
Open location code
87J83G29+G6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Western Panjabi—“Mount Frissell” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Mount Frissell”
- Catalan: “Mount Frissell”
- Cebuano: “Mount Frissell”
- Dutch: “Mount Frissell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت فريسيل”
- French: “Mont Frissel”
- French: “mont Frissell”
- French: “Mont Frissell”
- Georgian: “ფრისელი”
- German: “Mount Frissell”
- Italian: “monte Frissell”
- Italian: “Monte Frissell”
- Ladin: “Mount Frissell”
- Polish: “Mount Frissell”
- Russian: “Маунт-Фрисселл”
- Russian: “Фрисселл”
- Swedish: “Mount Frissell”
- Ukrainian: “Фрісел”
- Ukrainian: “Фрісселл”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ فریسیل”
- Venetian: “Monte Frissell”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ فرائسل”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Boston Corner and Whitehouse Crossing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Connecticut High Point and Mount Ashley.
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