A network of hiking trails traverses the mountain, including the Appalachian Trail. A seasonal automobile road (open annually from late May through November 1) climbs to the summit, topped by a 93-foot-high (28 m) lighthouse-like Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower. The mountain is known for its expansive views encompassing five states and the only taiga- boreal forest in the state. Technically, Mount Greylock is geologically part of the Taconic Mountains, which are not associated with the abutting Berkshire Mountains to the east. Its summit is in the western part of the town of Adams (near its border with Williamstown) in Berkshire County. Mount Greylock is a 3,489-foot (1,063-meter) mountain located in the northwest corner of Massachusetts and is the highest point in the state. Maginnis and Walsh Vance, Joseph MacArthur, et al.
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of Notch, Rockwell, and Summit Rds., Adams, Massachusetts Those camp fires were just the sort of thing that could make you kick-back, relax and enjoy life.Jct. A few times, when everyone was busy yelling, singing, and laughing, I took a deep breath and just simply watched. I felt the air of a balmy July night as the sun sank behind the trees across the lake. I noticed the embers against the water's reflection of the dark blue sky. It was almost perfect.Īs the flames started to get lower and weaker, time sort of slowed down just a bit for me. I had never experienced anything like it. Before I could even think of feeling left out someone leaned over, put there arm around me and said, "Ready, here's how it starts.On the shores of." I could hardly hear what she was saying, but it actually gave me a feeling that I belonged there. This first camp fire, everyone knew how it went but me. I also noticed, despite the madness, that this fire thing caused everyone to start acting more like a big group than a bunch of little groups. I thought, at that moment, that these people are crazy. Then someone started to sing a song and a counselor who's name I forget, took a long running start and jumped over the middle of the fire! This made everyone cheer (even me). I just sat there in awe of the entire situation. The counselors went kind of nutty and made the fire so big that it actually made me a little nervous. Then I noticed someone carrying a can of gas. This seemed to make sense and I realized that I had never given much thought to what went on during a camp fire.
One counselor brought some wood to pile on the huge stack that was already there and another some dry leaves. Most people walked in little groups and slowly sauntered down the camp road, passing by Bascom and on to the beach. I remember the first one that I went to as a camper, it was down at the waterfront over where the T-dock used to be. When was the last time you sat around a good fire? Before I attended camp I had never been to a camp fire.
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