Pittsfield State Forest
Pittsfield State Forest is a nature reserve in Berkshire, Massachusetts. Pittsfield State Forest is situated nearby to the locality Hancock Shaker Village, as well as near the hamlet Camp Russell.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shaker Mountain and Doll Mountain.
Shaker Mountain
Peak
Shaker Mountain, 1,835 feet, is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest and is named after the nearby Hancock Shaker Village, a former Shaker religious colony and now a historic site.
Doll Mountain
Peak
Doll Mountain, 1,930 feet, is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest. The summit is wooded and trailless, but the multi-use Doll Mountain Trail traverses its northern slopes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Lebanon and Richmond.
New Lebanon
Richmond
Hamlet
Photo: Croosadabilia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richmond is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,407 at the 2020 census.
Hancock Shaker Village
Locality
Photo: Bestbudbrian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hancock Shaker Village is a former Shaker commune in Hancock and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It emerged in the towns of Hancock, Pittsfield, and Richmond in the 1780s, organized in 1790, and was active until 1960.
Pittsfield State Forest
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Berkshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.4252° or 42° 25′ 31″ northLongitude
-73.3599° or 73° 21′ 36″ westInception
1994Open location code
87J8CJGR+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 29785131OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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