TOUR 5: Mount Greylock – Approximately 26 miles
ⓦ THE BERKSHIRE Pownal 2 Bennington County, VT 8 DRIVING TOURS 2 7 TOUR 1: North Central N. Adams Clarksburg Berkshire – Williamstown ⓦ 2 ⓦ Rowe Approx 50 miles Florida 2 TOUR 2: 8 Central Berkshire Rensselaer County, NY Zoar Approx 78 miles S. Williamstown Mt. Greylock ⓦ TOUR 3: 43 3,487 ft. Charlemont South Berkshire ⓦAdams 7 Approx 48 miles Savoy Center 8A 22 New Ashford . 8 R TOUR 4: c i s Franklin o South Central o Savoy 43 H County, MA Berkshire – Cheshire ⓦ 116 Approx 44 miles ⓦ 8 Stephentown ⓦ Hancock A TOUR 5: Cheshire Res. Windsor Plainfield Mount Greylock Lanesborough ⓦ Hampshire Berkshire 9 Approx 26 miles County, MA TOUR 6: Dalton Taconic–Mohawk Trail 20 Pontoosic L. ⓦ New Lebanon Approx 55 miles ⓦ Cummington Ashmere L. TOUR 7: Pittsfield Peru 20 Onota L. ⓦ ⓦ 143 Mt. Greylock – 90 Hinsdale North Berkshire Approx 33 miles 295 Canaan New Lenox 112 N Richmond Pd. y Y 8 a S 20 w Thru Worthington k wa r y Richmond a l Washington P i 41 a r Lenox ⓦ 7 T Middlefield n a ⓦ i
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Allow half a day for this scenic tour up Mount Greylock, ➔ Back on Rockwell Road the pitch becomes the Commonwealth of MA’s highest peak at 3,491 feet. steeper and after rounding a hairpin turn, the ➔ This scenic tour starts one mile north of Memorial Tower on top of the mountain comes into Lanesborough on Route 7. Rockwell Road leads to view. the right (east) 10 miles to the summit. About 2 ➔ Rockwell Road joins Notch Road at about miles on Rockwell Road is the Mount Greylock this point. Notch Road is a second paved access to the visitor center. The center is open everyday except summit from Route 2 in North Adams. At the summit Thanksgiving and Christmas and offers environmental is the War Memorial Tower, a 90 foot granite tower displays, trail maps and information. Part way up the erected as a memorial to Massachusetts casualties of mountain on the right is a steep meadow known as the all wars. On a clear day, it affords a view extending southern slope of Saddleball Mountain. The Maine to from Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, the Georgia Appalachian hiking trail follows the ridge of Green Mountains in Vermont, the Adirondacks and Sadleball to the summit. There are numerous foot Catskills in New York and Mount Everett in the trails besides the Appalachian which cross the summit southern Berkshires. and go on to cross Mount Williams and Mount Fitch to the north. One of the most popular foot trails, the ➔ The same route can be retraced in the descent Cheshire Harbor Trail, starts off Route 8 on West from the summit, or one may decide to take Notch Mountain Road in Adams. The Appalachian Mountain Road to Route 2 in North Adams, proceeding west Club has numerous hikes, walks and events on Mount on Route 2 through Williamstown to Route 7 Greylock, especially weekends during the summer. At South and back to Lanesborough. New Ashford Road is the location of the first settle- ment of what was called New Ash Fort, standing as a defense against Native Americans in 1762. Further on, The most complete source of Berkshires information is a Sperry Road leads down and in for a mile to a magnifi- mouse click away, at www.berkshires.org. Discover money- saving Getaway Deals and discounts, a comprehensive, up- cent lookout, Stoney Ledge. It overlooks the Hopper, a to-the-minute listing of hundreds of events and activities, heavily wooded, brook coursed canyon. In the back- and hyperlinks to attractions, fine dining, lodging and ground is Mount Prospect, almost blocking the north- services throughout the Berkshires. Berkshires.org — your ern entrance to the Hopper. quickest gateway to America’s Premier Cultural Resort.
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