page_title: Monument Mountain (reservation)
section_title: Recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Monument Mountain (reservation) / Recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: Squaw Peak on Monument Mountain located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
context_page_description: Monument Mountain is the name of a popular 503-acre open space reservation located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on the southeast side of Monument Mountain. The reservation is centered on the 1,642 feet subordinate summit of Squaw Peak. It is managed by The Trustees of Reservations, a non-profit conservation organization and is notable for its expansive views of the Housatonic River Valley, The Berkshires, the Taconic Mountains, and the Catskill Mountains of New York from the knife-edge summit of Squaw Peak. Monument Mountain, composed of erosion resistant quartzite, is of The Berkshires geology. The reservation receives over 20,000 visitors a year.
context_section_description: A trailhead parking lot is located on Massachusetts Route 7 north of Great Barrington center. The trail system consists of the Hickey Trail and Indian Monument Trail which form a loop around Squaw Peak; and Squaw Peak Trail which ascends the knife edge summit between the other two trails. An unnamed waterfall is located to along the Hickey Trail. Devil's Pulpit, part of Squaw Peak, is a free-standing pillar of stone visible from the Squaw Peak Trail.
  The reservation is open to hiking, picnicking, and hunting (in season).
caption: Squaw Peak on Monument Mountain located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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