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On its eastern slopes, Race Brook Falls has its source near a common ledge between Mount Race and Mount Everett to the north. The similar Bear Rock Falls is also on the mountain's eastern side.
The mountain is part of a divide between the Hudson and Housatonic rivers. Its summit and west side are in the town of [[Mount Washington, Massachusetts|Mount Washington]]; the east slopes are in [[Sheffield, Massachusetts]]. Much of mountain is part of [[Mount Washington State Forest]]; other parcels are privately held. The peak bears the surname of William Race, a local resident killed in 1755 by agents of [[Livingston Manor]] in a colonial border dispute concerning ownership and farm tenancy. <ref>see mention of Mt. Race history in "Long-term Monitoring, Mt. Washington State Forest, 2009
"In 1755, William Race, a Mount Washington pioneer, was shot to death by members of the Livingston party in a section of town near the present Mt. Race, probably named for the murdered man.") [https://www.mass.gov/doc/long-term-ecological-monitoring-program-mount-washington-forest-reserve/download] [https://archive.org/details/berkshirehills00fede/page/182/mode/2up?q=Race]</ref>
==See also==
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