Yokun Ridge is a well defined ridge within the Taconic Mountains in Berkshire County, Massachusetts that principally include West Stockbridge Mountain and Lenox Mountain as well as other related features. The name Yokun Ridge was first applied to the ridge in 1971 by the Berkshire Natural Resources Council and was subsequently designated by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 2009. Yokun Ridge is 9 miles (14 km) long and contains a conservation planning area called the Stockbridge-Yokun Ridge Reserve designated in 1993 by the U.S. Forest Service under its Forest Legacy Program. The ridge is notable for outdoor recreation and scenic beauty, as well as its conserved land and proximity to the tourist destinations of Lenox and Stockbridge. Yokun Ridge is located within West Stockbridge, Stockbridge, Lenox, Richmond, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Approximately one-third of the ridge is protected as open space reserve, municipal watershed, and wildlife sanctuary.
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