Landforms of Berkshire County, Massachusetts - Mountains of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Mountains of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Lake Buel, Mount Greylock, The Berkshires, Natural Bridge State Park, Housatonic River, Farmington River, Mount Raimer, Hoosic River, Bash Bish Falls, Otis Reservoir, Mount Frissell, Brodie Mountain, White Rock, Misery Mountain, Alander Mountain, Mount Race, Mount Everett, Berry Mountain, Honwee Mountain, Mount Fray, Holy Mount, Poppy Mountain, Bakke Mountain, Berry Hill, Crum Hill, Potter Mountain, Stockbridge Bowl, Smith Mountain, Monument Mountain, Berlin Mountain, Pine Mountain, Shaker Mountain, Rounds Mountain, Doll Mountain, Round Mountain, Tower Mountain, Konkapot River, Lake Ashmere, North Branch Westfield River, Lake Onota, Borden Mountain, Hoosac Range, Umpachene River, Green River. Excerpt: Lake Buel is a 196-acre (0.79 km) great pond in Berkshire County, Massachusetts just south of Route 57 and east of Great Barrington. It is surrounded by over one-hundred summer home and a few dozen year-round homes in about a dozen separate, tight-knit neighborhoods, each with its own private or semi-private road. The roads do not interlink. The Lake is named after Samuel C. Buel of Tyringham, Massachusetts who saved people from drowning on the Lake (called at the time Six Mile Pond) on July 23, 1812. The northern shore of the Lake is in the town of Monterey and the southern shore is in New Marlborough. There is a paved boat ramp on the northwest shore that is owned by the Public Access Board and managed by Forests and Parks and Fisheries and Game. A portion of the Appalachian Trail crosses over a breached mill dam along the northern inlet. The mean depth is 20 feet (6.1 m); the maximum depth is 42 feet (13 m). The Lake Buel watershed encompasses 3,268 acres (13.23 km). At times the Konkapot River Basin becomes part of this watersh...