page_title: Taconic State Park
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Taconic State Park / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Nighttime view of Rudd Pond in Taconic State Park, from Rudd Pond Road in Millerton, New York, USA.
context_page_description: 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 110 miles north of New York City. It features camping, hiking, bicycling, hunting, cross county skiing and other recreational opportunities.
context_section_description: 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 14,400 acres (5,800 ha) of protected open space approximately 5.8 mi (9.3 km) wide by 11 mi (18 km) 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 and 2,304 feet (704 and 702 m), and the west faces of Alander Mountain, Sunset Rock, and Mount Fray.
caption: Rudd Pond at night from Rudd Pond Road
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