Deer Hill Falls
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Access status
- Signed state reservation trail; road access seasonal
- The walk
- 1.1 miles each way (about 2.2 miles return)
- Ground & access
- Moderate to difficult. The final descent is steep with rough footing; unstable shale at the base.
Deer Hill Falls is a seasonal, 60-foot horsetail on Roaring Brook in Mount Greylock State Reservation. Park at the Sperry Road trailhead on Rockwell Road, 2.3 miles south of the summit lot. Walk down Sperry Road (closed to unauthorized vehicles) 0.6 mile to a small ranger station and fork; go left, then follow signs past campsites to the blue-blazed Deer Hill Trail, cross a wooden bridge, fork right, and after about 0.2 mile fork left. The trail descends steeply to the base of the falls. Signs mark the main junctions.
Plan your visit
Sperry Road trailhead on Rockwell Road, down Sperry Road to the campground, then the blue-blazed Deer Hill Trail to Deer Hill Falls
New England Waterfalls gives 1.1 miles one way and a 350-foot descent to the falls.
Moderate to difficult. The final descent is steep with rough footing; unstable shale at the base.
Where to start
Sperry Road trailhead on Rockwell Road (day use), published trailhead GPS 42.624333, -73.190500.
Timing & water
Best March to June. New England Waterfalls says the park road to the trailhead typically opens to vehicles in late May; the 2026 closing date was not confirmed. Flow is very low in summer.
Before you go
Free to visit the falls as of 2017. A separate fee applied to driving to the summit, per the same source; current DCR fees were not confirmed.
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