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Mount Greylock State Reservation
- Established
- 1898
- Acreage
- 12,500 · Over 12,500 acres; established 1898 with an initial 400-acre donation
- Location
- Berkshire County, MA in the northwest corner of the state (Adams, Lanesborough, North Adams, Williamstown, New Ashford, Cheshire)
- Key features
- 3,491-foot Mount Greylock — Massachusetts's highest peak; 93-foot Veterans War Memorial Tower (built 1931-32); Bascom Lodge (Arts & Crafts); 1,600-acre old-growth red spruce stand (a National Natural Landmark); only subalpine environment in Massachusetts
- Activities
- Hiking 70 miles of trails (including 11.5 miles of the Appalachian Trail), backpacking, mountain biking, back-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, lodging at Bascom Lodge
- Notable
- Massachusetts's first state reservation (1898); from the summit on a clear day visitors can see up to 90 miles into five states — the view that inspired Herman Melville's image of a great white whale rising from the landscape
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Source: en.wikipedia.org · 2026-05-08