Talk:Mount Greylock/Archive 1

Transmission tower
Corrected information: WNYA-TV was listed as transmitting from the WCDC-TV tower on this page. It does not. It transmits from a small tower on Berry Mountain in the Pittsfield State Forest. The second antenna on the WCDC tower on Mt Greylock is W38DL, a low power translator for WNYT-TV. (Information updated on the main page). Mike/NECRAT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.103.10.21 (talk) 21:43, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Revisions
Revising w/ references over the next few days. --Pgagnon999 (talk) 17:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

newbie seeks editing assist????
I logged in but was unable to decipher the editing process ( yeah, i'm completely new at this computer thing) so I hope someone will read this and make a small correction to the Mount Greylock article for accuracy sake, thanks. The article states that the average prominence of the peak above its surrounding river valleys is only 2000 feet, but anyone who knows the area as well as I, or who bothers to check the USGS Topographic maps for this quadrant, can see that the surrounding river valleys range from very slightly above 700 feet MSL to just below 700 feet MSL. In other words, at 3491 feet MSL, the peak has an average prominence of about 2800 feet above its surrounding river valleys. Please, let's not diminish the easily verifiable grandeur of it's prominence with a careless oversight. Those of us who enjoy the good health to climb it regularly know too well the vertical ascent/descent from the river valley floors on all sides of our mountain. Other than that, I applaud the authors and editors who've provided such a great account of "my backyard". Thanks, see ya out there. Eagleswatchhim (talk) 21:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, a quick look at the USGS topo maps confirms that the valley floor is at 968 feet at Cheshire Reservoir due south of Greylock, 1296 feet at the Green River to the west, 761 feet at the Hoosac River to the east, and 620 feet at the Hoosac (again) to the north. I'm not sure where our original 2000-foot figure came from, but clearly Greylock's prominence above the surrounding valleys is more like 2500 feet, not 2000 feet. Would it be considered OR to revise this based solely on one's own ability to read a USGS topo map? 65.213.77.129 (talk) 21:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm back--just noticed that the 395-meter elevation I was reading for the Green River is a typo--based on the contours it has to be 295 meters, or 968 feet. So our 2000-foot prominence figure is even more wrong than I'd guessed at first. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 21:21, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Review
I signed up to do the GA review, but I gave up- I realized I'd rather focus on other things. Is anyone willing to do it?? Us441(talk) (contribs) 17:47, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

1819 date
In the naming section it claims "It first appeared in print about 1819, and came into popular use by the 1830s." Do we have a reference for that, or know where it was that it first appeared?121.74.233.34 (talk) 01:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Question on Mountain Range
I’m not sure Mount Greylock is in the Taconic Mountains. Please check your sources. Thanks! --I love the interweb! (talk) 22:25, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Please see Taconic Mountains for 3 references as well as a map showing Mount Greylock as part of the eastern Taconic Range. Also, I personally know from the plaques at the summit that Greylock is in the Taconics (hiked the peak 3-4 times).  Please check your assumptions. Thanks! -28 May 2013  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.183.13.16 (talk) 14:09, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Ability to see into five states
The article states that "views of up to 70–135 mi (113–217 km) are possible". WolframAlpha says that at an elevation of 3491 ft, the horizon is 72.4 miles away. That is enough to see into Connecticut (42 miles away and the furthest distance), but unless there are specific features that otherwise rise above the horizon, seeing 80+ miles is impossible from the summit. 70.186.139.54 (talk) 22:55, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
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