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Mohawk Trail starting at Greenfield

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Recorded distance
69 km
Riding-time estimate
1 h 22
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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Why this ride

Open upland riding with long sight lines and varied gradients. It also links naturally to Berkshire Hills.

Access context

Check seasonal gates, park access and state 511 notices before publication. Specific flag: seasonal.

Seasonal context

May-Oct

Scenic road chapters

Mohawk Trail

Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 11 km this is Mohawk Trail, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.

Chapter facts
Length
11 km
Named road
Mohawk Trail

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Greenfield

    Greenfield sits where the Green River slides into the Deerfield, a short way above the wide Connecticut, in a part of western Massachusetts where valley farmland gives way to steep, wooded hills. It is a practical, brick-fronted town of about twenty thousand, a county seat that has weathered the decline of its old cutlery and tool factories and found a second wind with farmers' markets, small breweries and a lively main street. Few outsiders think of it as a destination, which suits the people who live here.

    Read the complete Greenfield write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Greenfield sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Shelburne Falls.

  2. 2. Shelburne Falls

    Shelburne Falls is really two villages, Shelburne on one side of the Deerfield River and Buckland on the other, tied together by an iron bridge and a curious flower garden. The garden is on a former trolley bridge, a concrete arch built in 1908 for an electric railway that closed in the 1920s. Local women planted it in 1929, and the Bridge of Flowers now blooms from spring bulbs through the autumn, a long ribbon of colour over the river. It is a true village, with about two thousand people, some pottery and glass studios, a good bakery and a couple of cafes, and the whole thing is small enough to walk in an hour.

    Read the complete Shelburne Falls write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Shelburne Falls comes up 26 km in. Next is Williamstown.

  3. 3. Williamstown

    Williamstown is the kind of New England college town that looks as if somebody drew it for a calendar: a white-steepled church, a village green, red-brick college halls, and a ring of wooded hills all round. Williams College, founded in 1793, is the heart of it, and the Clark Art Institute, with a fine collection of Impressionist paintings, makes a good rainy-day stop. The town sits in the north-west corner of Massachusetts, a short hop from the Vermont and New York borders, and it is where the Berkshires begin to climb in earnest.

    Read the complete Williamstown write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    69 km in you reach Williamstown.

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