The Best Day Hikes in America: Mt. Greylock via Stony Ledge

Tranding

Travel / Friday, 21-Nov-2025

The Best Day Hikes in America: Mt. Greylock via Stony LedgeThe Best Day Hikes in America: Mt. Greylock via Stony LedgeMt. Greylock State Reservation, Massachusetts
 Updated  Jul 10, 2025 
Ted Alvarez
Share to Outside FeedCreate a new post with the article attached
Email
Share on X
Share on Facebook
Share on Reddit
'flickr/walknboston' 
 Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. 
The king of the Berkshires seems like the best place to catch 90-mile summit views of Mass’s world-famous fall foliage—if you don’t know about its quiet shoulder. Stop midway up this alternate, 5.5-mile huffer to the summit for a crowd-free view of painted slopes, as well as Greylock itself and The Hopper, a glacial cirque bursting with reddening forest. 
Distance 11 miles (lollipop-loop) Trailhead 42.637661, -73.219498 Drive time 2:15 from Worcester Season May to November Contact 

Ted Alvarez

Whether chasing grizzly bears in the North Cascades, stranding his only siblings in an icy Alaska river, or drinking his own urine in the desert, Ted Alvarez goes to unhealthy lengths in pursuit of a good story.