Crum Hill, , located in northwest
Massachusetts
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, United States, in the towns of
Monroe and
Florida
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, is the highest point in
Franklin County. The mountain, part of the
Hoosac Range (a west facing escarpment rising from the
Hoosic River Valley directly east of
North Adams, Massachusetts), is crossed by a trail system maintained by a local snowmobile club, the Florida Mountaineers. They maintain a trail map on their website.
Although Crum Hill is the highest geologic point of the
Berkshires,
Mount Greylock, , part of the
Taconic Mountains and unrelated to the Berkshires geology, is often misattributed with the high point.
[ Raymo, Chet and Raymo, Maureen E. (1989). ''Written in Stone: A Geologic History of the Northeastern United States.'' Chester, Connecticut: Globe Pequot.]
The summit of Crum Hill is located in the town of Monroe, Franklin County; the west side of the mountain is located in the town of Florida, part of
Berkshire County. The north and east sides of Crum Hill drain into Dunbar Brook, thence into the
Deerfield River, the
Connecticut River
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, and
Long Island Sound
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; the west side drains into the
Cold River, thence into the Deerfield River; and the south side drains into the Deerfield River via several small brooks.
The summit is also the site of the
Hoosac Wind Power Project.
References
Geology of Massachusetts
Mountains of Franklin County, Massachusetts
Mountains of Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Mountains of Massachusetts
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