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Brace Mountain
Elevation 2,311 feet (704 m) and 2,304 feet (702 m)
Location Ancram and North East, New York; Salisbury, Connecticut; Mount Washington, Massachusetts
Range Taconic Mountains
Coordinates 42°02′39″N 73°29′33″W / 42.04417, -73.4925 and 42°02′20″N 73°29′27″W / 42.03889, -73.49083
Type Thrust fault; metamorphic rock
Age of rock Ordovician
Easiest route South Taconic Trail

Brace Mountain, is a prominent mountain in the south Taconic Mountains. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to Ancram New York is a Town in Columbia County, New York, United States. North East is a Town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. Salisbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. This article is about a town in southwestern Massachusetts It should not be confused with Mount Washington, a mountain in New Hampshire A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys The Taconic Mountains are a physiographic section of the larger New England province and part of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Mountains can be characterized in several ways Some mountains are Volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth's crust with resulting movement of each side against the other in which a lower stratigraphic position is pushed up Metamorphic rock is the result of the transformation of an existing rock type the protolith, in a process called Metamorphism, which means "change The geologic time scale is a chronologic schema (or idealized Model) relating Stratigraphy to time that is used by Geologists and other The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six of the Paleozoic era, and covers the time between 488 A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a Mountain, rock or ice wall The South Taconic Trail is a Hiking trail in the Taconic Mountains of the Berkshires. The Taconic Mountains are a physiographic section of the larger New England province and part of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border The mountain is located in southwest Massachusetts, northwest Connecticut, and adjacent New York. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous It has several summits; the two most prominent are Brace Mountain, the high point, 2,311 feet (704 m), and South Brace Mountain 2,304 feet (702 m). The main summit is the highest point in New York's Dutchess County. Dutchess County is a County located in the US state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley.

The summits and ridgeline form a bald; lower slopes are wooded with northern hardwood tree species. In the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, balds are mountain summits or crests covered primarily by thick vegetation of native grasses or shrubs occurring The northern hardwood forest is a general type of North American forest ecosystem found over much of southeastern and south central Canada, extending south into the Brace Mountain is notable for its grassy, open summits and views of the Hudson River Valley to the west. For the Magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine The 15. 7 mi (25. 3 km) South Taconic Trail traverses the mountain. The South Taconic Trail is a Hiking trail in the Taconic Mountains of the Berkshires. Much of the mountain is located within Taconic State Park and Mount Washington State Forest; other parcels have been conserved by non-profit organizations. Taconic State Park is a New York State Park along the border with Massachusetts and Connecticut across Columbia County and Dutchess Mount Washington State Forest is a scenic state forest in the southern Taconic Mountains of the southwestern Berkshire region of Massachusetts.

The summits of Brace Mountain and South Brace Mountain are located within the New York town of North East. North East is a Town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The north side of the mountain is located in the town of Mount Washington, Massachusetts, and the southeast side is located within Salisbury, Connecticut. This article is about a town in southwestern Massachusetts It should not be confused with Mount Washington, a mountain in New Hampshire Salisbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The northwest slopes are located within Ancram, New York. Ancram New York is a Town in Columbia County, New York, United States.

The west side of Brace Mountain drains into the Noster Kill, then into Bash Bish Brook, the Roeliff Jansen Kill, thence the Hudson river and Long Island Sound. The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami Long Island Sound is an Estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various Rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut The southwest side drains into Webatuck Creek, Tenmile River, thence the Housatonic River and Long Island Sound. The Housatonic River is a river approximately 149 mi (240 km long in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. The southeast side drains into Riga Lake and South Pond, then into Wachocostinook Brook, Salmon Creek, and the Housatonic River. The north side drains into Ashley Hill Brook, thence Bash Bish Brook, and the Roeliff Jansen Kill.

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