Great Barrington, MA
Monument Mountain Reservation
Monument Mountain is a 1,642-foot peak with dramatic quartzite cliffs known as Squaw Peak, offering panoramic views of the southern Berkshires. The mountain is famous as the site of an 1850 literary picnic where Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne first met. The Indian Monument Trail and Hickey Trail form a 2.6-mile loop to the summit.
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