At 2,602 feet, Massachusetts’ Mount Everett is the highest peak in the south Taconic Mountains running along the border of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York.
It is home to fragile ecosystems, old-growth forest, and great views of the southern Taconics and Berkshires.
Tucked in the extreme southwest corner of the state, it is surrounded by a cluster of parks known for their spectacular scenery.
For a strenuous, 7.2-mile round-trip hike, take Race Brook Trail, which accesses the Appalachian Trail and passes several waterfalls before climbing the south side of Everett.
The trail’s parking area is on MA 41, 2.9 miles north of the Massachusetts-Connecticut state line, and 1.4 miles south of the junction of MA 41 and Berkshire School Road.
For more information on the area around Mount Everett, visit BerkshireHiking.com, and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference website.
