Pine Cobble

This all that remains of the long-gone East Mountain Fire Tower, that once overlooked the northern Berkshires and western Taconics.

The US Department of Agriculture has this survey marker right on the Vermont-Massachussets border should somebody need to know if they've broken a law in one state or another, or more likely, to deliminate where USDA jurisdiction (Green Mountain Forest) ends, and MassDEP jurisdiction starts (Pine Cobble).

That's what the sign says when you enter Vermont.

This is the intersection of the Pine Cobble Trail and the Appalachian Trail.

It was such a stunning white rock (much Vermont marble), against such a beautiful blue sky.

These are on East Mountain. Somehow this area reminded me a lot of the Albany Pine Bush, even if the ecosystem was kind of different, as was the rocky surface. I guess my familiarity comes from seeing the Pine Trees in the foreground, with the mountains in the background.