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The Taconic Crest Trail crosses Petersburg Pass.

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Pittsfield State Forest

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Azaleas bloom on the Taconic crest in Pittsfield State Forest, with evergreen trees behind them against shifting sun and cloud.
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Azaleas are in full blow on the Taconic crest

June 6, 2023
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It’s hard to explain the feeling of a whole hillside of azaleas in bloom. Blossoms rise in waves twice my height, blossoms thick on the bushes in clusters ...

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Azaleas bloom vividly at Pittsfield State Forest.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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Catching Azaleas in full blow at Pittsfield State Forest — BTW column

June 12, 2017
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I haven’t caught the time exactly right in years, but on Friday the whole hillside was in bloom. The azaleas are open in Pittsfield State Forest, where the Taconic Crest Trail crosses the ridge above berry pond. You can walk through, but I drove up in the afternoon. You wind up […]

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Azaleas bloom at the top of the ridge in Pittsfield State Forest.
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Azaleas bloom above Berry Pond

June 10, 2016
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The air is loud with bees. I am standing in a channel of ferns and berry-cane scrub, and I have picked my way off the path — to stand surrounded by azaleas.

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