Elevation 2,430 ft (740 m) Parent range Taconic Mountains Range Taconic Mountains Country United States of America | Parent peak N 42.54726 W 73.27001 Easiest route Ski lift Highest point Widow White's Peak Age of rock Ordovician | |
Location Berkshire County, Massachusetts Mountain type Thrust fault; metamorphic rock and sedimentary rock Mountains Widow White's Peak, Jimmy Peak Similar Taconic Mountains, Jiminy Peak, Brodie Mountain, Mount Greylock State Res, Mount Greylock | ||
Potter Mountain is a prominent ridgeline located in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. It has several peaks; the most notable are the southern Jiminy Peak, 2,392 feet (729 m), which bears the name of the ski area located on its slopes, and Widow White's Peak, 2,430 feet (740 m), the ridge high point.
Map of Potter Mountain, Lanesborough, MA 01201, USA
The mountain is located in the towns of Hancock and Lanesborough. It was formerly traversed by the Taconic Skyline Trail which no longer officially crosses the ridge. Potter Mountain offers expansive viewpoints from several clearings, particularly where the ski area meets the ridge on the southwest side of the mountain. Potter Mountain is sometimes confused with the northern peak of Poppy Mountain to the south.
The Taconic Range ridgeline continues north from Potter Mountain as Brodie Mountain and south as Poppy Mountain. It is bordered to the west across the Wyomanock Creek valley by Rounds Mountain. The west side of the mountain drains into Kinderhook Creek, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The east side drains into Secum Brook, thence Pontoosuc Lake, the Housatonic River, and Long Island Sound.