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1948 Map of Great Barrington

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Great Barrington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The Housatonic River valley serves as the primary corridor for settlement and industry in this 1940s landscape, with the New York New Haven and Hartford RR tracing its banks through Great Barrington and Van Duesenville. The terrain is defined by dramatic ridgelines such as Monument Mountain and Beartown Mtn, where a Fire Tower watches over the Beartown State Forest.

Evidence of local industry and education is scattered across the township, from a Lime Kiln in the south to the Altaraz School and several rural schoolhouses like Corashire Sch and Brush Hill Sch. Significant water bodies like Lake Buel and Benedict Pond highlight the transition between the developed river valley and the high, timbered country of the eastern uplands. The Appalachian Trail is already established here, winding past Warner Mtn toward the June Mtn ridge.