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Taconic State Park : ウィキペディア英語版 | Taconic State Park Taconic State Park is located in Columbia and Dutchess County, New York abutting Massachusetts and Connecticut within the Taconic Mountains. The state park is located off New York State Route 344 south of Interstate 90 and north of New York City. It features camping, hiking, bicycling, hunting, cross county skiing and other recreational opportunities.〔(Taconic State Park ) New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 27, 2008〕〔''South Taconic Range: Trail Guide and Map.'' Berkshire Natural Resources Council (2002). Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (Also available online ); Retrieved December 27, 2008.〕 Taconic State Park is located within one of the largest unfragmented forests between Virginia and Maine, an area of 14,400 (5,800 ha) contiguous acres of protected open space spanning three states and designated as one of America's "Last Great Places" by The Nature Conservancy. The 15.7 mi (25.3 km) South Taconic Trail and the Harlem Valley Rail Trail pass through the park. Bash Bish Falls, Massachusetts' most famous waterfall, is accessible via a short trail from the park.〔 ==Geography== Taconic State Park consists of three non-contiguous tracts: the Copake Falls Area, the northernmost section, located in Copake Falls; Rudd Pond Area, the southernmost section, located in the town of North East, and an unnamed, central third tract, located in Ancram, New York. Taconic State Park, along with Mount Everett State Reservation, Bash Bish Falls State Park, Mount Washington State Forest, Mount Riga Forest Preserve, Mount Riga State Park, the protected Appalachian Trail corridor, and properties managed by several land trusts including The Nature Conservancy, New York - New Jersey Trail Conference, and the Berkshire Natural Resources Council, form an interconnected of protected open space approximately wide by long spanning southwest Massachusetts, northwest Connecticut, and adjacent areas of New York.〔 The Taconic State Park tracts are located on the west face of the South Taconic Range of Taconic Mountains and include the summits of Brace Mountain, 2,311 feet (704 m) and 2,304 feet (702 m), and the west faces of Alander Mountain, Sunset Rock, and Mount Fray.〔
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