Round Mountain (Massachusetts)
Round Mountain | |
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Climbing | |
Easiest route | Metacomet-Monadnock Trail |
Round Mountain, 780 feet (238 m) above sea level, was a peak of the
The mining operation started in 1897 and has all but removed the mountain. Together with Bare Mountain to the west, it formed a feature called the Notch. Within the Notch runs state highway Route 116. Travelers through the road could see mountains on both sides. This is no longer true since the quarry has leveled the earth to the east. Before the road was blasted through this area, a trolley passed through. The notch effect was even greater since the slopes of both mountains came down to the edge of the tracks. The bed of this former trolley way is still visible to the east of the current highway. Before the trolley bed it was a dirt highway, and before that a Native American foot path.
Geology and ecology
Round Mountain, like much of the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of