Poppy Mountain
Poppy Mountain,, sometimes identified as Pease Ridge, its northwest descending crest, is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest and is traversed by the Taconic Crest hiking trail. The overgrown summit is wooded with northern hardwood forest species.
The summit and west side of Poppy Mountain is located within the town of Hancock and the eastern slopes within Lanesborough. It has several sub-peaks: Pease Ridge, a descending northwest ridgeline with a prominent knob, two low spurs off the main summit and, and an eastern summit, occasionally confused with nearby Potter Mountain in older hiking guidebooks.
The Taconic Range ridgeline continues north from Poppy Mountain as Potter Mountain, south as Honwee Mountain, and west across the Wyomanock Creek valley as Rounds Mountain. The west side of the mountain drains into Kinderhook Creek, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The east side drains into Daniels Brook and Churchill Brook, thence into Onota Lake, the Housatonic River, and Long Island Sound.
