Taconic Mountains

Taconic Mountains
Mount Equinox (3,840 ft) in Vermont is the high point of the Taconic range
Highest point
Peak	Equinox Mountain, Bennington County, Vermont
Elevation	3,850 ft (1,170 m)
Geography
Orogenies of the northeast United States
Country	United States
State	New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont
Region	western New England, eastern New York
Range coordinates	42°41.5′N 73°17.1′W / 42.6917°N 73.2850°W / 42.6917; -73.2850
Parent range	Appalachian Mountains
Biome	Northern hardwood forest,
Geology
Orogeny	Taconic Orogeny
Age of rock	440 million years
Type of rock	Thrust fault

The Taconic Mountains (/təˈkɒnɪk/) are a 150-mile-long sub-range of the Appalachian Mountains lying on the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England. The range, which played a role in the history of geological science, is separated from the Berkshires and Green Mountains to the east by a series of valleys, principally those of the Housatonic River, Battenkill River and Otter Creek. The Taconics' highest point is Mount Equinox in Vermont at 3,840 feet (1,170 m); among many other summits are Dorset Mountain, Mount Greylock and Mount Everett.^[1][2][3]

Forests are predominately maple-beech-birch with some spruce-fir at higher elevations, "and oak and hickory common to the south and at lower elevations."^[4] Parts of the Taconics are in the New England-Acadian forests ecoregion.^[5] Although mostly private property, the Taconics contain a half-dozen sizable state forests and parks, as well as many preserves of lesser acreage protected by land trusts.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Several hundred miles of trails are within these mountains, including parts of the Appalachian Trail.