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1987 Map of East Lee

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of East Lee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

October Mountain State Forest dominates the high ground of the Berkshires in this 1980s-era topographic study, providing a look at a landscape where conservation and heavy transit intersect. The Appalachian Trail winds through the interior hills, passing near Finerty Pond and Buckley Dunton Lake, while the Massachusetts Turnpike cuts a major east-west corridor through the valley below East Lee.

Settlement patterns are concentrated along the Housatonic River and the Conrail line near Lenox Dale. Further east, the map captures the cultural and social hubs of the rural interior, including the internationally recognized Jacobs Pillow School and Theatre and smaller historic centers like Becket Center and Bonny Rigg Corners. The terrain is marked by numerous water bodies like Upper Goose Pond and Shaw Pond, illustrating the hydrology that supported early paper milling and subsequent recreation in this part of Massachusetts.