Thoreau’s Footsteps
ModerateMassachusetts · United States
- Distance
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi)
- Elevation gain
- 705 m (2,313 ft)
- Typical time
- Varies
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Route type
- Loop
- Highest point
- 1,062 m (3,484 ft)
About Thoreau’s Footsteps
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.
Route map
Moderate13.0 km705 m1,062 m
Numbered marks every 5 km
Route line from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. View the source relation
Elevation
Elevation profile
- Ascent
- +705 m
- Descent
- −734 m
- High
- 1,062 m (3,484 ft)
- Low
- 396 m (1,299 ft)
Know before you go
- Best season
- Spring to autumn
- Waymarked
- Not consistently
- Surface
- Mixed natural surface
- Dogs
- Not recorded, check locally
- Wheelchair access
- Not accessible
- Entrance fee
- No fee recorded
- Camping
- Not recorded
- Drinking water
- Carry your own
- Toilets
- Not recorded
- Mobile coverage
- Generally usable
- Parking
- Park at the trailhead, arrive early in high season
- Emergency
- 112 in Europe, 911 in North America
How this trail scores
Computed from distance, ascent, terrain features, surface and access data.
- Scenery
- 0/100
- Adventure
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- Accessibility
- 0/100
- Family
- 0/100
- Dogs
- 0/100
Terrain features, relief and photographic interest
Distance, ascent and how wild the ground is
Effort index from distance and climbing
Surface, gradient and ease of reaching it
Suitability for children who already walk
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