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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–25 °C (54–77 °F)
- J-2°-11°90
- F0°-10°93
- M5°-5°105
- A12°2°112
- M18°8°124
- J22°13°120
- J25°16°132
- A24°15°115
- S20°11°120
- O13°5°122
- N7°-1°119
- D0°-8°103
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Follow a portion of naturalist Henry David Thoreau’s 1844 hike up Mount Greylock, as chronicled in the book “A Year on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers” in the chapter Tuesday.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Mount Fitch (mountain, 945 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Berkshires (Taconic Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.9 km SW of North Adams (Berkshire County, Massachusetts) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 42.6579, -73.1525
- Route start
- 42.6736, -73.1392
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7460718
- Official info
- mass.gov/doc/suggested-day-hikes-mount-greylock-
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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