Grass Mountain (Vermont)
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Grass Mountain is a mountain
located in Bennington County, Vermont
.
Grass Mountain is flanked to the north by Big Spruce Mountain, and to the southeast by Spruce Mountain.
Grass Mountain stands within the watershed
of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay
.
The north side of Grass Mountain drains into Batten Kill
, thence into the Hudson River.
The east side of Grass Mountain drains into Dry Brook, thence into Batten Kill.
The south side of Grass Mountain drains into Little White Creek, thence into the Walloomsac River
, the Hoosic River
, and the Hudson.
The west side of Grass Mountain drains into White Creek, thence into Owl Kill, the Hoosic River, and the Hudson.
Mountain
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located in Bennington County, Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
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Grass Mountain is flanked to the north by Big Spruce Mountain, and to the southeast by Spruce Mountain.
Grass Mountain stands within the watershed
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay
New York Bay
New York Bay is the collective term for the marine areas surrounding the entrance of the Hudson River into the Atlantic Ocean. Its two largest components are Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay, which are connected by The Narrows...
.
The north side of Grass Mountain drains into Batten Kill
Batten Kill
The Batten Kill, or Battenkill, or the Battenkill River, is a river rising in Vermont that flows into New York and is a tributary of the Hudson River....
, thence into the Hudson River.
The east side of Grass Mountain drains into Dry Brook, thence into Batten Kill.
The south side of Grass Mountain drains into Little White Creek, thence into the Walloomsac River
Walloomsac River
The Walloomsac River from the Native American name, Wal-loom-sac is a tributary of the Hoosic River in the northeastern United States. It rises in southwestern Vermont, in the Green Mountains east of the town of Bennington in Woodford Hollow at the confluence of Bolles Brook and City Stream where...
, the Hoosic River
Hoosic River
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick and the Hoosuck , is a tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States. The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's original Algonquian name...
, and the Hudson.
The west side of Grass Mountain drains into White Creek, thence into Owl Kill, the Hoosic River, and the Hudson.