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Many people like to go to Bassett Reservoir. Bassett Reservoir is brilliant enough to spend more than a day at, Hidden Valley Campgrounds is a brilliant local campground, and Dunbar Brook is a glorious whitewater spot close by. Dry warm beds await you at Holiday Inn Berkshires, Ma, and you'll never forgive yourself if you don’t go skiing at Jiminy Peak while you're here. This lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Bassett Reservoir that you need
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| | to camp here for a while, Clarksburg State Park is a tremendous site for that, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Bassett Reservoir; Overlook Trail is a glorious local trail.
Here at Bassett Reservoir you'll perhaps meet some folks from Pittsfield, and don't leave Bassett Reservoir without first going for a hike along the Cheshire Harbor Trail. Cheshire Reservoir is a nearby lake that you could check out; since you're here, you could stop at Bassett | |
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Brook. On a wonderful day you acquire a view of Mount Amos from Bassett Reservoir, and fine hiking is available along the Thunderbolt Ski Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. You can run the rapids of Green River near Bassett Reservoir;
near Bassett Reservoir you locate a golf course called Forest Park Country Club. Summertime highs at Bassett Reservoir mostly tend to be in the 70's with overnight lows in the 50's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the
20's, and after the sun is down through the wintertime temperatures at Bassett Reservoir sink into the 10's. What a place this is for outdoors people. Bassett Reservoir Dam is not far at all from Bassett Reservoir.
Life's too
short to enjoy all the amusing stuff near Bassett Reservoir. If you need a location to stay The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA is a perfect choice, and what would winter be without some skiing at Mount Greylock Ski Club. The amount of rainfall
that falls at Bassett Reservoir is close to the national average; the wettest month of the year is usually August, that's the one that rains the most while February is the month with the least amount of precipitation.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.595
Longitude: -73.14667
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Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, 10 miles away
1150 vertical feet |
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Catamount, Massachusetts, 12 miles away
1000 vertical feet |
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Green River, Berkshire CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class II-III - 8.15 miles long (US Route 7 to Hoosic River) |
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Dunbar Brook, Franklin / Berkshire CountyCounty, 13 miles away
Class V - 2.7 miles long (South Road to Deerfield River) |
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Cold River, Franklin CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class II-IV - 4.25 miles long (Route 2 hairpin turn to Deerfield River) |
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6 miles away
