Everything about The Taconic Mountains totally explained
The
Taconic Mountains are a
physiographic section of the larger
New England province and part of the
Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of
New York State,
United States and adjacent New England from northwest
Connecticut to western
Massachusetts, north to central western
Vermont in the town of
Brandon, after which they lose prominence and dwindle into scattered hills and isolated peaks which continue north toward
Burlington, Vermont. To the south, they fade into the
Hudson Highlands range.
In Massachusetts and Connecticut, the Taconic Mountains are often popularly grouped as part of the
Berkshires; in Vermont they're similarly grouped as of the
Green Mountains. However, the Taconic Mountains are geologically distinct from the Berkshires and Green Mountains.
The highest peak of the Taconic Mountains is
Mount Equinox, with an elevation of 3,816 feet (1163 m), in Manchester, Vermont. "Taconic", a
Native American name, was once transliterated as the Taghkanic--a name still used in parts of the western (New York) side of the range.
Geology and physiography
The Taconic mountain range was formed from the collision of the
North American Plate into a
volcanic island arc, similar to modern-day
Japan, during the late
Ordovician Period, around 440 million years ago (a more complete discussion is at
Taconic orogeny).
The western side of the Taconics rise gradually from a series of hills in eastern New York to a sharp mountain crest along the west border of the New England states; the east side of the Taconics falls off abruptly where river valleys divide it from the Berkshires and Green Mountains. The total length of the range is about 200 miles with a varying width of 5 to 20 miles.
The Taconic Mountains are a
physiographic section of the larger
New England province, which in turn is part of the larger
Appalachian physiographic division.
Notable summits
Notable peaks in the Taconic Mountains include, from south to north, Silver Mountain, Indian Mountain, Stissing Mountain, Signal Rock, Mount Riga,
Bear Mountain,
Brace Mountain,
Alander Mountain,
Mount Frissell,
Mount Race,
Mount Everett,
Mount Fray, White Hill, Harvey Mountain, Mercer Mountain,
Perry Peak,
Shaker Mountain,
Tower Mountain,
Berry Mountain,
Rounds Mountain,
Misery Mountain,
Berlin Mountain,
Mount Raimer,
Jiminy Peak,
Brodie Mountain,
Mount Greylock,
White Rock, Mount Anthony, West Mountain,
Grass Mountain, Spruce Mountain, Red Mountain,
Mount Equinox, Bear Mountain (western Vermont), Mother Myrick Mountain, Rupert Mountain, Mount Aeolus,
Dorset Mountain, Woodlawn Mountain, The Pattern, Tinmouth Mountain, Moosehorn Mountain, Saint Catherine Mountain, Susie Peak, Herrick Mountain, Birdseye Mountain (Bird Mountain), Grandpa Knob, and Biddie Knob. Mount Frissell and Mount Greylock represent the highest elevations in the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts, respectively.
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