Mount Greylock State Reservation

Drive or hike to the 3,491-foot top of Massachusetts, climb the War Memorial Tower and look out up to 90 miles on a clear day.

Visitors Center, 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough, MA 01237 · Lanesborough, MA

About Mount Greylock State Reservation

Mount Greylock, at 3,491 feet, is the highest point in Massachusetts, and the reservation around it was the state's first public forest preserve, set aside in 1898. From May to late October the auto roads climb to the summit, where the 93-foot Veterans War Memorial Tower and the stone Bascom Lodge, built by the CCC in the 1930s, open for the season. Trails range from easy walks to very hard climbs. Start at the visitor center on Rockwell Road, and note that vehicles over 22 feet are banned from the summit roads.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Mount Greylock State Reservation, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

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Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
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The Clark Art Institute
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History Buff
Hancock Shaker Village
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A former Shaker community with 20 historic buildings, a working farm and the circular 1826 Round Stone Barn.
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Sports & Outdoors
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Savoy Mountain State Forest
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Hike to the 100-foot Tannery Falls, swim in North Pond and camp or rent a log cabin in the Hoosac Range of the Berkshires.
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Sports & Outdoors
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Cherry Plain State Park
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Natural Bridge State Park
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Walk above and through a quarter-mile marble chasm to see North America's only natural white marble arch, plus an old quarry and a marble dam.
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