Chalet WMA Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife North Street Parking Area

North Street, Windsor, MA

The North Street Parking Area is located in Windsor and serves as an access point to the northeastern portion of the Chalet Wildlife Management Area. Chalet WMA is owned by MassWildlife, and is open to the public for hiking, fishing, trapping, hunting, and wildlife viewing. Hiking into Chalet WMA will provide visitors with an intentionally unmaintained natural forested landscape and may require visitors to bushwhack, depending on their desired destination. Not far from the North Street parking area, on the border of Dalton and Windsor, a rare red spruce swamp exists and heads Tyler Brook. Its associated wetlands provide fishing potential and wetland birding opportunities. Woodchuck Hill is a short distance west from the parking area and allows visitors to reach nearly the highest point in the WMA. 

Visitors can expect the land to consist of diverse tree species, agricultural fields in its northern portion, points of varying elevation, and streams. The Appalachian Trail runs through the western portion of Chalet WMA, which can provide visitors guided hiking trails.  

Common game for hunters includes (but is not limited to) white-tailed deer, eastern coyote, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, and snowshoe. Also possible to find and view in the Chalet WMA; black bears, moose, bobcats, and beavers live among countless other animals inhabiting the Berkshires. Chalet Wildlife Management Area’s 7,796-acre property touches and is accessible in the towns of Windsor, Cheshire, Dalton, and Lanesborough. The property is an excellent place for a primitive Western Massachusetts outdoor experience. Visitors should note that hunting on the Appalachian Trail is prohibited, and can refer to the State of Massachusetts hunting regulations website for more hunting rules and regulations.