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Mount Washington State Forest

{{Short description|Protected area in Massachusetts, United States}}

{{distinguish|text=Mount Washington State Park, New Hampshire}}

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| name = Mount Washington State Forest

| photo = Alander Mountain, MA, viewed from Brace Mountain, NY.jpg

| photo_caption = Alander Mountain in Mount Washington State Forest

| photo_alt = Alander Mountain

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| label = Mount Washington State Forest

| location = Mount Washington, Massachusetts, United States

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| area_acre = 4619

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| elevation = {{convert|2241|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite gnis|607266|Alander Mountain}}

| established = 1958

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| administrator = Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation

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Mount Washington State Forest is a {{convert|4619|acre|adj=on}} state forest in Mount Washington, Massachusetts. The forest conjoins with New York state and the state of Connecticut in the southern Taconic Mountains of the southwestern Berkshire region of Massachusetts. In addition to offering recreational and scenic opportunities, the forest lies adjacent to Bash Bish Falls State Park. It is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

History

The forest was acquired by the state through gifts of Alfred F. Intemann (1897–1986) and his wife Cornelia Van der Smissen Intemann (who died in 1963) conveyed in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1968.

Features

The forest protects {{convert|300|acre|ha}} of old growth northern hardwood forest in separate areas.See the list of old-growth forests in Massachusetts for details. The tri-state boundary stone on the Mount Frissell Trail marks Massachusett's southwest and Connecticut's northwest corners. The names of Massachusetts and New York are engraved in the stone, while Connecticut is "graffitied" on the granite.

File:CT-MA-NY Tri-State Monument - 2024 - looking east.jpg|The Mount Frissell Trail passing the Connecticut–Massachusetts–New York {{nowrap|tri-state monument}}

File:CT-MA-NY Tri-State Monument - 2024 - looking west.jpg|Other side of the monument with a blank face for Connecticut

Activities and amenities

The forest has 30 miles of trails including portions of the Appalachian Trail and the South Taconic Trail, which ascends Alander Mountain. Trails are used for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing. The forest also offers restrooms, picnicking, fishing, restricted hunting, and primitive wilderness camping.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/final-landscape-designations-list/download |title=2012 Acreage Listing |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=April 2012 |access-date=May 30, 2025}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/locations/mount-washington-state-forest |title=Mount Washington State Forest |date=2017-06-26 |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |access-date=May 30, 2025}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/stewardship/cultural-resource/guidetorelatedarchivalcollections.pdf |title=A Guide to Related Archival Collections |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |page=135 |date=June 9, 2015 |access-date=March 13, 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/ma.pdf |title=Massachusetts |work=Old Growth in the East: A Survey |first=Mary Byrd |last=Davis |date=January 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919193728/http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/ma.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |access-date=August 28, 2013}}

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External links

{{commons category|Mount Washington State Forest}}

  • [https://www.mass.gov/locations/mount-washington-state-forest Mount Washington State Forest] Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • [https://www.mass.gov/doc/mt-washington-state-forest-trail-map/download Mount Washington State Forest Trail Map] Department of Conservation and Recreation

{{Protected areas of Massachusetts}}

Category:Massachusetts state forests

Category:State forests of the Appalachians

Category:Old-growth forests

Category:Taconic Mountains

Category:Parks in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Category:Campgrounds in Massachusetts

Category:Mount Washington, Massachusetts

Category:Protected areas established in 1958

Category:1958 establishments in Massachusetts