Mount Greylock Camping

Camping at Mount Greylock means Sperry Road Campground, a hike-in campground in red spruce forest about two miles from the summit. In 2026 it's open May 22 through September 6, 2026, by reservation only. A tent site costs $8 a night for Massachusetts residents and $20 for everyone else, with residency set by your license plate. There's no off-season camping, and you can't drive to your site.

The shortest walk in is 1.3 miles on the Campground Trail, about 45 minutes with a pack. Here's how to book, what each site has, and how to get there.

How to Reserve a Site

Book through ReserveAmerica, DCR's camping system, or by phone at 877-422-6762. For 2026, reservations opened March 18, 2026 at 9 am, about two months before the campground reopened. DCR strongly suggests buying firewood when you reserve.

Prices

• Tent site: $8 a night with Massachusetts plates, $20 a night with any other plate.
• Group site: $35 a night for Massachusetts residents, $100 for non-residents.
• Trail shelters: free, first come, first served.

DCR decides residency by the vehicle's license plate, not where you live.

What Each Site Has

• 18 tent sites, each for up to four people.
• 9 group sites, each for up to 12 people. The Chimney, Upper and Stony Ledge group sites have lean-to shelters.
• A picnic table, a fire ring and a bear-proof food locker at every site.
• Solar-powered flush toilets.
• Drinking water during the main camping season.

Keep your food in the bear locker, not in your tent.

Firewood

Buy firewood when you reserve, or from park staff on site for cash only. Don't bring firewood from home: DCR's rule is "Do not transport firewood."

Getting to the Campground

You park and walk. DCR lists two day-use parking areas with trail access to the campground.

• Campground Parking Lot on Rockwell Road (open mid May to November 1): an easy to moderate 1.3-mile walk on the Campground Trail, about 100 feet of climb, around 45 minutes. Reach it by the auto road.
• Hopper Road trailhead in Williamstown (open all year): a moderate to strenuous 2.4-mile hike on the Haley Farm or Hopper Trail, about 1,275 feet of climb, around 2 hours.

Pack light if you're carrying in from Hopper Road. The Rockwell Road lot is the easy choice for families.

Near the Campground

Stony Ledge, one of the best views on the mountain, is 1.2 miles past the campground along Sperry Road. March Cataract Falls is 1.9 miles out and back from Sperry Road. The summit is about two miles away by the Hopper Trail and the Appalachian Trail.

Trail Shelters for Backpackers

Five lean-to shelters are open year-round, with no reservations and no fee: Deer Hill, Wilbur's Clearing, Bellows Pipe, Peck's Brook and Mark Noepel. Sites are shared and limited to 12 people each.

If you're backpacking or camping outside the main season, call the visitor center at (413) 499-4262 to register your trip. DCR asks for a contact name and phone, the names of everyone in your group, your planned camp locations and dates, where you're parking overnight, and your vehicle's description and plate.

Overnight parking is allowed year-round at the visitor center and the Hopper Road lot in Williamstown, and from late May to October at the summit and the campground lot on Rockwell Road.

Sleeping Indoors Instead

Bascom Lodge on the summit has rooms for up to 34 guests from late May to mid or late October. It's privately run; book with the lodge directly.

A Bit of History

The campground sits on the site of a 1930s work camp. DCR's history notes say the Civilian Conservation Corps' 107th Company was based here on Sperry Road from 1933 to 1941, while it built Bascom Lodge, rebuilt Rockwell Road and cut the Thunderbolt Ski Trail.

Good For / Maybe Skip If

• Good for: a quiet night in the spruce woods, sunset at Stony Ledge, and families ready for a short walk-in.
• Maybe skip if: you need to park beside your tent. Every site here is hike-in.
• Maybe skip if: you're going after early September. The main season ends September 6 in 2026 and there's no off-season camping.

Dates and prices change each year. DCR's camping page is the source of record.