THE MONTEREY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Berkshire Hills setting.
Monterey town has 26.4 square miles of land in Berkshire County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Berkshire Hills, within Northeastern Highlands.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Monterey and Berkshire County
Monterey is associated with Berkshire County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Monterey by land and water
The Census records 0.97 square miles of water within Monterey, or 3.5% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points higher than the 2.1% recorded for Berkshire County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Monterey town has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Tyringham town (18.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

