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PID=MZ1966x (NGS Datasheet)
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Weather: NWS Forecase, NOAA Snow Depth
Nearby POI: Opencaching.us, Waymarking.com
Nearby Highpoints:
9mi/15km - Mount Greylock, MA
49mi/79km - Mount Frissell-South Slope, CT
98mi/158km - Jerimoth Hill, RI
100mi/161km - Mount Marcy, NY
122mi/196km - High Point, NJ
126mi/203km - Mount Mansfield, VT
144mi/232km - Mount Washington, NH
232mi/374km - Ebright Azimuth, DE
306mi/493km - Mount Katahdin (Baxter Peak), ME
Nearby Lowpoints:
102mi/164km - Long Island Sound, CT
119mi/192km - Atlantic Ocean, MA
126mi/203km - Lake Champlain, VT
130mi/209km - Atlantic Ocean, RI
130mi/210km - Atlantic Ocean, NH
151mi/243km - Atlantic Ocean, NY
162mi/260km - Atlantic Ocean, NJ
232mi/373km - Delaware River, PA
288mi/464km - Atlantic Ocean, DE
301mi/485km - Atlantic Ocean, ME
Nearby Tripoints:
41mi/66km - #37 MA-NH-VT
50mi/80km - #35 CT-MA-NY
91mi/146km - #38 CT-MA-RI
121mi/194km - #34 NJ-NY-PA
122mi/196km - #74 CT-NY-RI
157mi/252km - #115 NY-QC-VT
171mi/275km - #114 NY-ON-QC
180mi/289km - #116 NH-QC-VT
208mi/334km - #117 ME-NH-QC
232mi/373km - #73 DE-NJ-PA
247mi/397km - #33 DE-MD-PA
The Corner Corner: http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdetail.php3?point=54
Wikipedia notes: Marked with a stone.
HPC Forum: #36 MA-NY-VT
Newsletter index:
• #69-05q2 p26 [Bob Whitney] MA-NY-VT notes
• #75-06q4 p13-14 [Bill Wentzel] MA-NY-VT extensive notes
Trip Report - Oct 31, 1991 - Jack Parsell
ACCESS ROUTE: From Williamstown, MA, go N on route US 7 a short distance to Buckley Street. Go L (West) on Buckley for 0.7 mile, then R on Northwest Hill Road for 2.2 miles to the MA - VT line. Proceed about 200 yards into VT and look for a jeep road that starts out as a driveway by a house on the L. Park here and walk W on the jeep road. After crossing a bridge over a creek, the road bears back toward the SW and comes close to the MA - VT line. Leave the jeep road and look for Williams College posting signs on the MA - VT line. These are easier to see when the trees are bare. Follow the posting signs and paint markers W, dropping down to a cross a small stream, then climb steeply up the hill. Just before reaching the tri-point, the line crosses a tote road, which runs generally N-S. From where you parked, it is slightly over 1 mile to this point.
The tri-state monument is about 100 feet W and above the tote road. South of the marker, just off the tote road is a Williams College lean-to. Also scattered throughout the area are many marked and numbered corners, locating study plots in this area of forest owned by Williams College.
An alternate means of access is a rough trail along the MA - VT line from the highway. About half way in to the tri-point you will intersect the above route.
Trip Report - ??? - Brian J Butler
You can view the trip report at The Corner Corner.
Update - July, 2003 - Jack Parsell
Very few people have been able to successfully find the monument by following my route which I have used twice with no problem. The best alternate is to continue on jeep road which swings around north and then west and hits the other jeep road that goes right by the monument. But you can't see the monument from the road and could easily miss it. Some have come in from Rt. 2 in NY but this involves a lot of up and down climbing to get to the tri-point.
Update - Summer, 2005 - Bob Whitney
[Ed: also published in #69-05q2-p25].
Write or visit the Center for Environmental Studies, Kellogg House, Williams College, Box 632, Willianstown, MA 01267 to obtain a map of Hopkins Memorial Forest. This map shows roads which take one to the tote road, which Jack notes goes within 100 feet of the marker. Some of the roads may be new logging roads. It is not necessary to bushwhack along Williams College posting signs. Further, the posting signs appear to turn north into VT long before getting close to the tripoint. Be careful at about 1/3 of the way back to take a right fork and avoid the left fork which appears to be a more natural way to go. The Humes (both generations) are very gracious and anxious to help but as Jack notes, you should ask for permission (1-802-823-7231). A fence erected during 2003 close to the main road is not meant to preclude tripointers.
Trip Report - Sept 28, 2005 - Bill Wentzel
You can view the trip report at The Trek Stop.
Trip Report/Updates - 2005 - VFTT Forum
You can view the forum threads NY, MA, VT state markers off TCT and New England Tri-State markers [Ed: mostly about the MA-NY-VT tri-point].
Update - Oct, 2016 - Mick Dunn
[new directions] ACCESS ROUTE: From Williamstown, MA, go N on route US 7 a short distance to Buckley Street. Go L (West) on Buckley for 0.7 mile, then R on Northwest Hill Road for 2.2 miles to the MA - VT line. Proceed about 200 yards into VT and look for a jeep road that starts out as a driveway by a house on the L. Park here and walk W on the jeep road. After crossing a bridge over a creek, the road forks. Take the R fork, dropping and crossing a second creek. Then follow the road steeply uphill. This road eventually turns S.
The tri-state monument is about 100 feet W and above the tote road. It is about a mile from the paved road to the marker. South of the marker, just off the tote road is a Williams College lean-to. Also scattered throughout the area are many marked and numbered corners, locating study plots in this area of forest owned by Williams College.