Editing Leyden, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|46.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|46.4|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqkm|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.66%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Leyden town, Franklin County, Massachusetts |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 28, 2012 }}</ref> Leyden lies on the northern Massachusetts border, south of [[Windham County, Vermont|Windham County]], [[Vermont]]. The town is bordered by [[Guilford, Vermont]], to the north, [[Bernardston, Massachusetts|Bernardston]] to the east, [[Greenfield, Massachusetts|Greenfield]] to the south, and [[Colrain, Massachusetts|Colrain]] to the west.  The town center lies {{convert|9|mi|0}} north of Greenfield, {{convert|47|mi}} north of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], and {{convert|96|mi}} west-northwest of [[Boston]].

Leyden lies along the eastern edge of [[the Berkshires]], with the town mostly lying along the valleys of the [[Green River (Deerfield River)|Green River]] (which also forms the western border) and the branches of Glen Brook. The majority of the town away from the brooks is forested, and the town has a small state forest and a wildlife management area within its borders. The confluence of the main and east branches of Glen Brook is dammed to form the Greenfield Reservoir, before the brook flows southward into Greenfield and meets the Green River.

Leyden is one of only a handful of towns in Massachusetts which does not have any [[List of numbered routes in Massachusetts|state routes]] (nearly half of such towns are on the islands of [[Nantucket]], [[Martha's Vineyard]] and the [[Elizabeth Islands]]). There are state routes, [[United States Numbered Highways|U.S. routes]] and interstates in the neighboring towns, with [[Interstate 91]] passing to the south and east of town.  The nearest bus and passenger train service is in Greenfield, and the nearest small air service in [[Turners Falls, Massachusetts|Turners Falls]].  The nearest national air service is at [[Bradley International Airport]] in [[Windsor Locks, Connecticut]].