Mount Graylock Lookout

This is the highest point in Massachusetts on Mt. Graylock. Today, you can drive to the summit and go up the Veterans War Memorial Tower.

In 1911, a cab was built on the top of a pre-existing 50-foot steel observation tower. Operations started on October 17. At the end of this first short season on November 11, John Murdock, Jr., Deputy Warden of the State Forester for Berkshire County, had a conference with Thomas Buxton, who had just concluded his duties as fire lookout on Greylock Mountain and returned to his home in the city of Adams. Mr. Murdock thought that for a short season there had been good work done by the fire lookout, as a considerable number of people had been warned of fires in the vicinity.

In 1913, the use of this station was discontinued at the end of the fire season due to its poor visibility. The 50-foot tower was often in the clouds. The Borden Mountain and Berlin Mountain fire towers in Savoy and Williamstown were built to replace the Mt. Greylock tower. The cab was removed, and the structure was left standing, a simple observation tower once again.