Lenox Mountain
This unimproved property protects scenic ridgetop and critical public watershed.
Highlights
- Lenox and Richmond, MA
- Difficulty: Difficulty, No maintained trails
- Size: 29 acres
- Special features: Scenic ridge-top
Activities
Difficulty
This land, and all of the present-day Berkshires, are the ancestral homeland of the Mohican people, who were forcibly displaced to Wisconsin by European colonization. These lands continue to be of great significance to the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation today. To learn more, visit mohican.com.
Directions & Parking
GPS
- Center of Parcel: Google Maps | 42.3914, -73.3172
Parking
This parcel has no parking and no trails. Access is from the fire road at the end of Osceola Road in Richmond.
About the Reserve
The parcel is mostly covered in hemlock with a small section of hardwood forest at the highest points. With extremely steep slopes, this forest’s role in slowing erosion is essential.