Benchmark
- V3+
- grade
- Bouldering Pads
- style
- Jun–Oct
- best months
This is the hardest route catalogued at The Cove, sitting at the top of the grade span that runs from V0 to V3+.
Painted BoulderRock climbing · Next doorPhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Hemlock Pool at Middlesex FellsRock climbing · Next doorPhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Crag 3Rock climbing · Next doorPhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Fat ManRock climbing · ~1 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Crag 54Rock climbing · ~1 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Woodland Road BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- BooJum Rock Area at Middlesex FellsRock climbing · Next door
- Crag 1 aka Pinnacle RockRock climbing · Next door
- Crag 6Rock climbing · ~1 min drive
- Wright's ParkRock climbing · ~1 min drive
Best time to visit Benchmark
Best months: June–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
38° / 19°
12 wet · 8 snow
Feb
40° / 20°
11 wet · 7 snow
Mar
48° / 27°
13 wet · 6 snow
Apr
60° / 37°
13 wet · 1 snow
May
70° / 47°
13 wet
Jun
78° / 56°
12 wet
Jul
84° / 63°
11 wet
Aug
82° / 61°
10 wet
Sep
75° / 53°
9 wet
Oct
64° / 42°
11 wet
Nov
53° / 32°
11 wet · 2 snow
Dec
43° / 24°
12 wet · 5 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Reading, MA, 5.8 mi away at 110 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Photo of the crag
