Mount Greylock
| Mount Greylock | |
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Mt. Greylock seen from the West
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,489 ft (1,063 m) NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 2,464 ft (751 m) |
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U.S. state high point 31st New England Fifty Finest 17th |
| Coordinates | 42°38′13″N 73°09′57″W / 42.63704°N 73.16593°WCoordinates: 42°38′13″N 73°09′57″W / 42.63704°N 73.16593°W |
| Geography | |
 Mount Greylock
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| Parent range | Taconic Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Ordovician, Taconic orogeny |
| Mountain type | thrust fault |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Cheshire Harbor Trail |
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Mount Greylock Summit Historic District
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| Location | Jct. of Notch, Rockwell, and Summit Rds., Adams, Massachusetts |
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| Area | 1,200 acres (490 ha) |
| Built | 1830 |
| Architect | Maginnis and Walsh; Vance, Joseph MacArthur, et al. |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 98000349 |
| Added to NRHP | April 20, 1998 |
Mount Greylock is the highest natural point in Massachusetts at 3,489 feet (1,063 m). Its peak is located in the northwest corner of the state in the western part of the town of Adams (near its border with Williamstown) in Berkshire County. Although geologically part of the Taconic Mountains, Mount Greylock is commonly associated with the abutting Berkshire Hills to the east. The mountain is known for its expansive views encompassing five states and the only taiga-boreal forest in the state. A seasonal automobile road (open annually from late May through November 1) climbs to the summit, where stands the iconic 93-foot-high (28 m) lighthouse-like Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower. A network of hiking trails traverse the mountain, including the 2,179-mile (3,507 km) Appalachian Trail. Mount Greylock State Reservation was created in 1898 as Massachusetts' first public land for the purpose of forest preservation.
Geographically, Mount Greylock is part of an 11-mile-long (18 km) by 4.5-mile-wide (7.2 km) island-like range that runs north-south between the Hoosac Range to the east, the Green Mountains to the north, the Berkshires to both the south and east, and the Taconic Mountains to the west with which it is geologically associated; all ranges are associated with the Appalachian mountain chain. The summit of Mount Greylock is located in Adams, Massachusetts, but the mountain also extends into Cheshire, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams and Williamstown. The range includes peaks with elevation less than Greylock, such as Saddle Ball Mountain and Mount Fitch.
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