| Poppy Mountain | |
| Other Name: | Pease Ridge |
| Elevation Ft: | 2311 |
| Parent Peak: | N 42.52361 W 73.30975 |
| Location: | Berkshire County, Massachusetts |
| Range: | Taconic Mountains |
| Map: | USA Massachusetts |
| Label Position: | right |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 42.5236°N -73.3098°W |
| Type: | Thrust fault |
| Age: | Ordovician |
| Easiest Route: | Taconic Crest Trail |
Poppy Mountain, 2311feet, 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 35miles 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 1870feet, two low spurs off the main summit 1930feet and 2250feet, and an eastern summit 2150feet, occasionally confused with nearby Potter Mountain in older hiking guidebooks.
The Taconic Range ridgeline continues north from Poppy Mountain as Potter Mountain (also known as Jiminy Peak), 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.
