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Best of the Berkshire Byways
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NOTE: This Ride Description and its
corresponding Route Sheet may not have been checked for accuracy by the www.ctbikeroutes.org team
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Total Distance: 40.4 miles Elevation Gain: N/A
Degree
of Difficulty Index: nnnn ft / nn.n mi = nn.n ft/mi Terrain: Flat to rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Northwest Connecticut
City/Town: Canaan, CT
Starting
Location: Stop & Shop
parking lot, Rt. 44 in Canaan east of junction with Rt. 7
Ride
Description: A very scenic
countryside ride through the farmlands and valleys of the southern Berkshires
with a loop to the Twin Lakesand a visit to the Beckley Furnace historical
site. There is a one mile dirt
road past Bartholomews Cobble.
Facilities
and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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0.0
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Stop
& Shop market; bakery across Rt. 44
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1.1
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Canaan
Diner
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9.7
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Cross
Appalachian Trail
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11.6
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Shays
Rebellion Historic Marker on right
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13.2
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South
Egremont, MA; food, antiques, ski shop
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13.7
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Deli on
the left
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20.0
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Sheffield
Market with deli
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27.0
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Restrooms;
restaurant
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32.2
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Bartholomews
Cobble; nature displays; restrooms
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33.2
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Ashley
Falls (small New England village)
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38.0
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Beckley
Furnace; displays
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40.2
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Canaan;
various facilities
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40.4
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Stop
& Shop market; bakery across Rt. 44
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New033
Route
sheet: RS-New033
Ride
submitted by: Carol
Marchion/DPS, 8/28/06
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