Editing Leverett, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Rattlesnake Falls.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Saw Mill River Falls near Rattlesnake Gutter]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|23.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|22.9|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} (0.61%) is water. Leverett is located on the edge of the [[Pioneer Valley]] and the hills of northwestern Massachusetts, just east of the [[Connecticut River]]. The southwestern corner of town is relatively flat plains, while the rest is dominated by hills, the tallest of which is Brushy Mountain, with an elevation of {{convert|1260|ft|m}}.

Several brooks drain through the town, all heading toward the Connecticut River. Leverett Pond is the town's largest body of water, lying near the center of town.  A small part of [[Mount Toby]] State Forest crosses into the town from the west. The town's most famous geological feature, however, is [[Rattlesnake Gutter]], a boulder-filled chasm near the geographic center of town.

Leverett is located along the southern border of Franklin County, north of [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire County]]. The town is bordered by [[Montague, Massachusetts|Montague]] to the north, [[Wendell, Massachusetts|Wendell]] to the northeast, [[Shutesbury, Massachusetts|Shutesbury]] to the east, [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]] to the south, and [[Sunderland, Massachusetts|Sunderland]] to the west. There are four small villages in the town, [[Leverett Center]], East Leverett, North Leverett and Moores Corner. North Leverett begins at the intersection of Montague Road and Cave Hill Road, extending north to the Montague and Wendell borders. A fifth, Hillsboro, was a former village with an independent [[post office]] there until it was disestablished in 1934.<ref>Heilprin, Angelo, and Louis Heilprin. ''Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1'' New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1916; p. 829.</ref><ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:3:1330621673492803::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1975132%2CHillsboro%20Post%20Office%20(historical) Merolla, Lawrence M. and Frank M. Crowther. ''The Post Offices of Massachusetts''. North Abington, Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Postal Research Society, 1981; p. 36] as cited by USGS [[Geographic Names Information System]].</ref>

From Leverett Center, Leverett is {{convert|14|mi|km}} south-southeast of the county seat of [[Greenfield, Massachusetts|Greenfield]], {{convert|27|mi|km}} north of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], and {{convert|86|mi|km}} west of [[Boston]].