Mount Greylock (Rockwell Road)
Lanesborough to Mount Greylock summit · Massachusetts
A nine-mile climb up Rockwell Road to the summit of Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts.
From the reservation visitor center in Lanesborough, Rockwell Road climbs roughly nine miles through dense Berkshire hardwood forest to the 3,491ft summit of Mount Greylock, crowned by the Massachusetts war memorial tower with views across three states. The driving is short but engaging, steep in places with a handful of hairpins as it gains the ridge, and it meets Notch Road near the top. It is a summit out-and-back rather than a through route, popular for autumn colour. The narrow state-park road is gated shut in winter and after heavy weather. Mind a narrow surface with frost heaves and potholes, slow cyclists and hikers on blind bends, and a seasonal closure with no winter access.
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258 m rangeKnow before you go
- Narrow surface with frost heaves and potholes
- Slow cyclists and hikers on blind bends
- Seasonal closure with no winter access
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