Editing Mount Greylock (section)

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{{Infobox mountain
 | name              = Mount Greylock
 | photo             = Greylock & Hopper.JPG
 | photo_caption     = Mt. Greylock seen from the West
 | photo_size        = 250px
 | location          = [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
 | range             = [[Taconic Mountains]]<ref>Day Hiker's Guide to Vermont 5th ed. (2006). Green Mountain Club: Waterbury Center, Vermont</ref><ref>[[Raymo, Chet]] and [[Raymo, Maureen E.]] (1989). ''Written in Stone: A Geologic History of the Northeastern United States''. Chester, Connecticut: Globe Pequot.</ref><ref>Doll, Charles G. Centennial Geologic Map of Vermont (1961). United States Geological Survey: Washington</ref>
 | elevation_ft      = 3489
 | elevation_ref     = {{NAVD88}}<ref name=ngs>{{cite ngs |pid=MZ1957 |name=Greylock RM 1 Reset}}</ref>
 | prominence_ft     = 2463 
 | prominence_ref    = <ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger |pid=7065 |name=Mount Greylock, Massachusetts}}</ref>
 | type              = [[thrust fault]]
 | age               = [[Ordovician]], [[Taconic orogeny]]
 | easiest_route     = Cheshire Harbor Trail<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/parks/mtgreylock/suggestedhikes.pdf
|title=Suggested Day Hikes |work=MassParks: Mount Greylock State Reservation |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=September 2011 |access-date= July 20, 2013}}</ref>
 | listing           = [[List of U.S. states by elevation|U.S. state high point]] 31st<br />[[New England Fifty Finest]] 17th
 | map               = USA Massachusetts
 | map_width         = 250
 | coordinates       = {{coord|42.63726|N|73.16599|W|type:mountain_region:US-MA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | range_coordinates = 
 | coordinates_ref   = <ref name=ngs/>
}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Mount Greylock Summit Historic District
| nrhp_type    = hd
| nocat        = yes
| image        =
| caption      =
| location     = Jct. of Notch, Rockwell, and Summit Rds., [[Adams, Massachusetts]]
| built        = 1830
| architect    = Maginnis and Walsh; Vance, Joseph MacArthur, et al.
| architecture = Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival
| added        = April 20, 1998
| area         = {{convert|1200|acre}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MA/Berkshire/districts.html|title=Massachusetts, Berkshire County Historic Districts|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=American Dreams Inc.|access-date=January 6, 2011}}</ref>
| refnum       = 98000349<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
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'''Mount Greylock''' is the highest point in [[Massachusetts]] at 3,489 feet (1,063 meters). Located in the northwest region of the state, it is part of the [[Taconic Mountains]], a geologically distinct range from the nearby [[Berkshire Mountains|Berkshires]] and [[Green Mountains]]. Expansive views and a small area of sub-alpine forest characterize its upper reaches. A seasonal automobile road crosses the summit area near three structures from the 1930s; these together constitute a small National Historic District. Various hiking paths including the [[Appalachian Trail]]  traverse the area, which is part of the larger [[Mount Greylock State Reservation]].<ref name=dcr/>

The peak is mentioned <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ilvermorny on Greylock |url=https://today.williams.edu/stories/ilvermorny-on-greylock/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |author=Shannon O’Brien |website=Today |publisher=Williams College, MA |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wetherell |first=W. D. |date=June 7, 1998 |title=Where Melville Paid Homage to a Mountain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/07/travel/where-melville-paid-homage-to-a-mountain.html |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2016 |title=How Western Massachusetts' Mount Greylock Became Inspiration For Literary Legends |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2016/11/17/mount-greylock-literary-history |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref> in the work of [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[Herman Melville]], and [[Henry David Thoreau]].