Around the Range
Total Distance: 32.0 miles with a 37.4 mile
option Elevation Gain: 1022 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 1022 ft / 37.4
mi. = 27.33 ft/mi Terrain: Flat/Rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical Region: Central Massachusetts
City/Town: Hadley, MA
Starting
Location: Hadley Village Barn Shopping Plaza, Rt. 9 Hadley, MA
Special
Directions: Take exit 19 from I-91 north in Northampton, MA and turn
right at end of ramp onto Rt. 9. Proceed about 1.0 mile to shopping plaza on
right. Park in the rear of the lot, behind shops.
Ride Description: Mostly
flat ride -- with a couple of rolling stretches -- around the Mount Holyoke
Range through Hadley, S. Hadley, Granby, Belchertown, and Amherst, MA.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
Mile
|
Facilities
- Points of Interest
|
0.0
|
Hadley Village Barn
Shopping Plaza: Restrooms on east side of building
|
4.0
|
Mitch's Marina
& CT River on right
|
4.4
|
Flood marker on left
w/ water levels from various floods(Stay well off road to view!)
|
4.6
|
Hockanum
Schoolhouse on right
|
8.1
|
So. Hadley:
"Tailgate Picnic" deli w/ restrooms on right
|
18.1
|
Metacomet-Monadnock
Trail Crossing
|
22.0
|
Atkins Farm Market w/
restrooms, deli & lots more
|
~24.0
|
Flayvors of Cook Farm
Ice Cream Shop on left
|
25.5
|
Cross Norwottuck
Rail Trail
|
32.0+
|
Hadley Village Barn
Shopping Plaza: Restrooms on east side of building
|
37.4+
|
37-mile option:
Hadley Village Barn Shopping Plaza: Restrooms on east side of building
|
WU-IL041
DLB02043
|