# Mount Race

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{{Short description|Mountain in Massachusetts, U.S.}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Race
| image = Mount Everett, MA, and Mount Race, MA, viewed from Bear Mountain, CT.jpg
| image_caption = View of Mount Everett and Mount Race from Bear Mountain
| image_size = 
| elevation_ft = 2365
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence_ft = 453
| listing = 
| location = Southwest [Berkshire County, Massachusetts](/source/Berkshire_County%2C_Massachusetts)
| range = [Taconic Mountains](/source/Taconic_Mountains)
| coordinates = {{coord|42|04|57|N|73|25|56|W |type:mountain_region:US |display=inline,title}}
| topo = 
| type = [Thrust fault](/source/Thrust_fault); [metamorphic rock](/source/metamorphic_rock)
| age = [Ordovician](/source/Ordovician)
| volcanic_arc/belt = 
| last_eruption = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = Race Brook Falls Trail and [Appalachian Trail](/source/Appalachian_Trail)
}}

'''Mount Race,''' {{convert|2365|ft|m}}, is a mountain in [Berkshire County, Massachusetts](/source/Berkshire_County%2C_Massachusetts). It shares many characteristics with the slightly higher [Mount Everett](/source/Mount_Everett) about a mile to the north. Part of the [Taconic Mountains](/source/Taconic_Mountains), Race is known for its waterfalls, an eastern escarpment of nearly 2,000 feet, and expansive views. The [Appalachian Trail](/source/Appalachian_Trail) crosses its summit, which has an open [forest](/source/forest) of dwarf [pitch pine](/source/pitch_pine) and [scrub oak](/source/Bear_Oak).

==Details==
Both Race Brook Falls and Bear Rock Falls spill from the steep eastern slopes of Mount Race, the summit of which is part of a divide between the Hudson and Housatonic rivers. The peak bears the surname of William Race, a local resident killed in 1755 by agents of [Livingston Manor](/source/Livingston_Manor) in a colonial border dispute concerning ownership and farm tenancy.<ref>see mention of Mt. Race history in "Long-term Monitoring, Mt. Washington State Forest, 2009. (This state report appears to rely for its history note solely on "The Berkshire Hills" 1939 by the Federal Writers' Project. page 182:"In 1755, William Race, a Mount Washington pioneer, was shot to death by members of the Livingston party in a section of town near the present Mt. Race, probably named for the murdered man.")</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Long term ecological monitoring program - Mount Washington forest reserve | url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/long-term-ecological-monitoring-program-mount-washington-forest-reserve/download | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604214626/https://www.mass.gov/doc/long-term-ecological-monitoring-program-mount-washington-forest-reserve/download | archive-date=2023-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/berkshirehills00fede/page/182/mode/2up?q=Race | title=The Berkshire Hills | date=1939 }}</ref>

Western slopes are in the town of [Mount Washington](/source/Mount_Washington%2C_Massachusetts), and the east slopes are in [Sheffield, Massachusetts](/source/Sheffield%2C_Massachusetts). Much of the mountain is part of [Mount Washington State Forest](/source/Mount_Washington_State_Forest); other parcels are privately held.

thumb|none|View from Mount Race

==See also==
* [List of old growth forests in Massachusetts](/source/List_of_old_growth_forests_in_Massachusetts)

==References==
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==Sources==
* ''Massachusetts Trail Guide'' (2004). Boston: [Appalachian Mountain Club](/source/Appalachian_Mountain_Club).

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070629101904/http://www.bnrc.net/mrsid/bin/show.pl?client=southtaconic&image=SouthTaconic.sid&levels=7&originx=0&originy=0&fullheight=4799&fullwidth=2907&lastlevel=3&level=4&size=2 South Taconic Range trail map].
* [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/mwas.htm Mount Washington State Forest]. Massachusetts DCR.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929073404/http://170.63.97.68/dcr/parks/western/meve.htm Mount Everett State Reservation]. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
* [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/mt-washington800.gif Mount Washington State Forest map]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120052152/http://www.bnrc.net/index.htm Berkshire Natural Resource Council]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010302042235/http://www.amcberkshire.org/ Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club]}}
* [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/greenway/pdfs/connections.pdf Commonwealth Connections proposal PDF download]. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081219183434/http://www.appalachiantrail.org/site/c.jkLXJ8MQKtH/b.1423119/k.BEA0/Home.htm Appalachian Trail Conservancy].

{{Mountains of Massachusetts}}

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Category:Taconic Mountains
Category:Mountains of Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Category:Mountains on the Appalachian Trail

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