Poppy Mountain, , sometimes identified as Pease Ridge, its northwest descending crest, is a prominent peak in the

Taconic Mountains The Taconic Mountains or Taconic Range () are a range of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England from northwest Connecticut to western Massachusetts, north to central western Vermont. ...

of western

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. The mountain is located in

Pittsfield State Forest Pittsfield State Forest is an Massachusetts state forest located in the town of Pittsfield and managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The forest is the location of Berry Pond, which sitting atop Berry Mountain at an elevation ...

and is traversed by the Taconic Crest hiking trail. The overgrown summit is wooded with

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species. The summit and west side of Poppy Mountain is located within the town of

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and the eastern slopes within Lanesborough. It has several sub-peaks: Pease Ridge, a descending northwest ridgeline with a prominent knob , two low spurs off the main summit and , and an eastern summit , occasionally confused with nearby

Potter Mountain Potter Mountain is a prominent ridgeline located in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. It has several peaks; the most notable are the southern Jiminy Peak, , which bears the name of the ski area located on its slopes, and Widow White ...

in older hiking guidebooks. The Taconic Range ridgeline continues north from Poppy Mountain as Potter Mountain (also known as Jiminy Peak), south as

Honwee Mountain Honwee Mountain, east summit and west summit , is a prominent mountain in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest. The east (highest) summit is traversed by the Honwee Circuit multi-use ...

, and west across the Wyomanock Creek valley as

Rounds Mountain Rounds Mountain, , is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts and adjacent New York. The west side of the mountain and summit are located in New York; the east side is located within Massachusetts. The summit a bald; ...

. The west side of the mountain drains into

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, the

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and

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. The east side drains into Daniels Brook and Churchill Brook, thence into

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, the

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, and

References

* ''Massachusetts Trail Guide'' (2004). Boston:

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.
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Retrieved March 2, 2008. * ''AMC Massachusetts and Rhode Island Trail Guide'' (1989). Boston:

.
"Greenways and Trails"
Massachusetts DCR. Retrieved February 22, 2008.

External links

Pittsfield State Forest map

Massachusetts DCR. {{Mountains of Massachusetts Mountains of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Taconic Mountains Lanesborough, Massachusetts