Staples Brook

Staples Brook is a stream in Berkshire, Massachusetts. Staples Brook is situated nearby to the hamlet Eastern Summit, as well as near Whitcomb Summit.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hoosac Tunnel and Drury High School.

Hoosac Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Hoosac Tunnel is a 4.75-mile active railroad tunnel in western Massachusetts that passes through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.

Drury High School is a public school in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Part of the North Adams Public School District, it serves students in grades 7–12 from North Adams and the towns of Clarksburg, Florida, and Monroe. Drury High School is situated 2½ miles west of Staples Brook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Florida and North Adams.

Florida

Florida is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to the east portal of the Hoosac Tunnel, as well as Whitcomb Summit, the highest point of the Mohawk Trail.

North Adams

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

North Adams is a town of 13,000 people in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In the 19th century it was the industrial center of the region. Old factory buildings are now being recycled to other uses, including the new Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Freeman Grove Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Freeman's Grove Historic District is a residential historic district in North Adams, Massachusetts. It encompasses a neighborhood north of the city center that is a well-preserved instance of a working class area developed during its industrial heyday in the late 19th century. Freeman Grove Historic District is situated 4½ miles northwest of Staples Brook.

Staples Brook

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Berkshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.65897° or 42° 39′ 32″ north

Longitude

-73.04899° or 73° 2′ 56″ west

Elevation

1,752 feet (534 metres)

Open location code

87J8MX52+HC

GeoNames ID

4951942

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Localities in the Area

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