Bray Lookout Tower
US 1823, MA 50

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1823, MA 50 (view other lookouts in United States, Massachusetts)
Date Registered May 26, 2026
Nominated by Tori Bonazoli
Location Mount Tom State Reservation
Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Coordinates N 42° 16.000' W 072° 38.334' (view using Google Maps)
N 42° 15' 60" W 072° 38' 20"
N 42.266662° W 072.638907°
Elevation 594 ft (181 m)
Administered by Massachusetts DCR

Description

Bray Tower is the most easily accessible tower on the Mt. Tom State Reservation in Holyoke Massachusetts. You can drive right up to it, by taking Christopher Clark Road from the west, in Easthampton, or by Reservation Road from the east in Holyoke. Once you reach the pavilion with the playground, take the western branch of Christopher Clark Road straight to Bray Tower.

Bray Tower is one of two official lookout towers in the Mount Tom State Reservation. It is very similar to the Goat Peak Tower built in 1928. It is about 42' tall with a 15.5 square base and 10' square platform. It is steel and painted green. The tower is still used as a place to observe the annual hawk and other raptor migration.

Photo taken in March 2026

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