Editing Mount Washington, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|57.9|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|57.5|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.67%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500343300| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212152914/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2500343300| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Washington town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=December 16, 2013}}</ref>

Mount Washington is the westernmost and southwesternmost town in Massachusetts. The district of [[Boston Corner, New York|Boston Corner]], to the southwest of Mount Washington, was formerly the southwesternmost location in Massachusetts, but it was ceded to [[New York (state)|New York]] in 1855 due to its geographical inaccessibility from the rest of Massachusetts.

The town is bordered on the west by [[Columbia County, New York]], on a half-mile portion of its southern border by [[Dutchess County, New York]], and on the rest of the southern border by [[Litchfield County, Connecticut]]. It is bordered on the north by [[Egremont, Massachusetts|Egremont]], on the east by [[Sheffield, Massachusetts|Sheffield]], on the south by [[Salisbury, Connecticut]], on the southwest by the Whitehouse Crossing section of [[North East, New York]], and on the west by [[Ancram, New York|Ancram]] and [[Copake, New York]]. Mount Washington is {{convert|33|mi}} south-southwest of [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]], {{convert|58|mi}} west of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], and {{convert|148|mi}} west-southwest of [[Boston]].

Mount Washington is located on a plateau in the [[Taconic Mountains]]. To the east, [[Mount Everett]], the highest point in town and the highest point in the southern Taconic Mountains, rises {{convert|2602|ft|m}} near the town's eastern border. To the north, several mountains and hills lie along the Egremont town line. [[Alander Mountain]] and the western escarpment of the southern Taconic Mountains lie along the western border of Mount Washington at the Columbia County, New York line. To the south, along the Connecticut border, stands another series of peaks including [[Mount Frissell]]. Although the summit of this mountain rests within the town of Mount Washington, its southern slope is located in Connecticut and is that state's highest elevation. Many brooks lie within the town, most of which feed into Roeliff Jansen Kill in Copake, New York. [[Mount Washington State Forest]] makes up a large portion of the town, as does [[Mount Everett State Reservation]]. The town is also home to [[Bash Bish Falls State Park]], which is centered around its eponymous falls. The [[Appalachian Trail]] enters Massachusetts in Mount Washington, coming from [[Bear Mountain (Connecticut)|Bear Mountain]], then turning east before following near the eastern town border, over [[Mount Race]] and Mount Everett, before heading into Egremont.

Mount Washington is remote, with only four roads that lead out of the town, and only one, East Street, connected to the rest of Massachusetts via Egremont. There are no state roads within the town, with only [[New York State Route 344]] entering the town, primarily as access to [[Bash Bish Falls]] from [[New York State Route 22|Route 22]]. The nearest state route in Massachusetts accessible to the town is [[Massachusetts Route 23|Route 23]] in Egremont. The nearest interstate, [[Interstate 90]] (the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]]), is several miles north of the town, with the nearest exit, the "turn-around" exit 1, being in [[West Stockbridge, Massachusetts|West Stockbridge]]. The nearest rail, bus and small airplane service are in [[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington]], and the nearest national air service is at [[Bradley International Airport]] in [[Windsor Locks, Connecticut]].