Shaker Mountain, , is a prominent peak in the

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of western

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. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest and is named after the nearby

Hancock Shaker Village 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. It was the third of nineteen maj ...

, a former Shaker religious colony and now a historic site. The summit is wooded and is traversed by the Shaker Trail, a loop trail that begins at the historic site. The mountain is wooded with northern hardwood tree species. Shaker Mountain is located within

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. The Taconic ridgeline continues north from Shaker Mountain as

Doll Mountain Doll Mountain, , 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. Th ...

and west as

Holy Mount Holy Mount, , is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts, formerly used as the location of religious ceremonies by a nearby Shaker community. Geography The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest and is tra ...

The mountain drains into Shaker Brook and Lily Brook, thence to the Housatonic River and Long Island Sound.

References

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

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

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

External links

Pittsfield State Forest map

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