WOW!!
Written: Sep 29 '04
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Pros: spectacular falls!! so worth the trip
Cons: hard time walking down the trail with the dog leashed pulling me
The Bottom Line: natural beauty at it's best, 80 foot falls
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| kfeathler's Full Review: Bash Bish Falls State Park |
This was the first of my stops on my visits to falls and park in Mass. I was not prepared for this!! The drive up through Great Barrington, and Egremont was some nice. It was the end of August, and it was very very hot out, I am sure in September you can get the full foliage effect! The road to the falls is well marked. Mt Washington State Park has many different things to appreciate as well as Bash Bish. The falls parking lot was on the left. We parked and it was clearly indicated that dogs must be leashed, which made it a little difficult on the decent down the trail to the falls. It warns you that it is about a 300 foot climb down, and YES you have to walk back up. It also gives you an alternative to go up the road a bit and walk in on a fire road....20 mins in. After the hike down, the falls were well worth it. I was so hot I just wanted to jump right in, unfortunately NO SWIMMING allowed. The dog and I walked around and dangled our feet in. There were a lot of people there when I went. A few people went in the water and the ranger yelled at them. A man had his dog off leash and he also got yelled at! I was dreading the hike back up so i hung out there for an hour or so. It's so awesome you can do that and time flies by. The hike up was hell, I used the dog to pull me! Next time I will use the fire road, because I am going back as often as I can!! This would be an excellent fall drive! And after I got home and bought a book on the mass falls, I realized there was a little more hiking around the falls, and you could get to the top of them. The falls drop 80 feet.
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Best time to go: June-August
Recommended for: Anybody
Review Topic: Hiking & Trails
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kfeathler
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Location: Western Mass
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Love Nature, Love to Travel, Hike, Bike, Camp.....
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