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Best of Berkshire Byways (w/ Beckley Furnace
Extension)
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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: N/A Terrain: Flat to rolling
Killer
Hills: None
Geographical
Region: Northwest Connecticut
Starting
Location (city/town): Canaan
Starting
Location (detailed directions to):
Stop & Shop parking lot, Rt. 44 in Canaan just east of
intersection w/ 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
stretch of 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 from parking lot
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1.1
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Former
site of Canaan Dinerburned to the ground several years ago (kids prank
– arson)
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9.7
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Appalachian
Trail on the right
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11.6
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Shays
Rebellion Historic Marker on the 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 left
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20.0
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Sheffield:
market w/ 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, MA (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 from parking lot
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride
description: Wu-New060
Route
sheet: RS-New060
Ride
submitted by: Carol Marchion,
9/13/06
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