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1973 Map of Berlin

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Berlin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Petersburg and Berlin anchor a landscape defined by the steep ridges of the Taconic Mountain range during the early 1970s. The geography is characterized by numerous deep hollows, such as Jones Hollow, East Hollow, and Southeast Hollow, which channeled early settlement and agricultural patterns along the Hoosic River and Little Hoosic River. This era shows a transition toward recreational land use, evidenced by the Taconic Trail Ski Area and Williams College Ski Area carved into the hillsides.

Local history is preserved through sites like the Meadow Lawn Cem and the Carmelite Novitiate, while the long-distance Taconic Crest Trail follows the high ground along the state line. Large tracts of protected land, including the Petersburg State Reforestation Area and Hopkins Memorial Forest, demonstrate a shift toward forest management and conservation at the triple-state junction of New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont.