Scenic byways in Massachusetts
Mohawk Trail Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway 71 mi in Massachusetts. Signed as Mohawk Trail - MA.
About the Mohawk Trail Scenic Byway
The Mohawk Trail Scenic Byway celebrates the history, heritage, and natural beauty of an important regional travel route. The Mohawk Trail is steeped in local and regional history and acts as a microcosm of the broader history of the region. Approximately 12,000 years ago, Native Americans used this route to travel between the Hudson River and Connecticut River Valleys. Later, the European settlers used the route, and eventually altered it, to support travel by horse and cart. As the use of automobiles increased, this route became the first to be constructed as a scenic auto touring route.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 6 · 1.3 mi offErving State Forest · State park · 26 sites · reservable
- Mile 45 · on the roadMohawk Trail State Forest · State park · 50 sites · reservable
- Mile 50 · 2.3 mi offSavoy Mountain State Forest · State park · 43 sites · reservable
- Mile 55 · 1.9 mi offClarksburg State Park · State park · 40 sites · reservable
- Mile 57 · 0.5 mi offHistoric Valley Campground · City, county or regional park · 100 sites · reservable
- Mile 67 · 4.4 mi offMount Greylock State Reservation · State park · 17 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.