Popular Hiking and Walking Areas in Montague

Walking Area Trail type and markings Terrain Miles of Trailhead(s) Description trails Dry Hill Trail System Marked hiking trails challenging 7 -Kiosk at End of Dry Hill Rd from 1000+ acre watershed owned Hannegan Brook Loop Route 63. by Turners Falls Fire District. (Blue) -Kiosk at East Chestnut Hill Historic road to Dry Hill Dry Hill Cemetery (white) Road from Wendell Rd Cemetery Cabot Woods Unmarked trails and paved moderate 2 Parking area at end of G Street Access to Connecticut River shared use roadway and Power Canal provided by FirstLight Power Resources LLC North Street Unmarked hiking trails easy 1 End of North Street Access to Sawmill River on 60 Wildlife (No parking on North Street) acres owned by Mass Division Management Area of Fisheries and Wildlife

Montague Plains Unmarked trail network moderate 10+ Plains Road 1,600+ acre sandplain habitat Wildlife Lake Pleasant Rd owned by Mass Division of Management Area Millers Falls Rd Fisheries and Wildlife Canalside Rail Trail Paved Share-use bike path easy 3 Unity park, First St, Eleventh St, Connects Turners Falls to Depot Street, Greenfield Road Deerfield. Owned by Mass Department of Conservation and Recreation Robert Frost Trail Marked regional hiking trail- challenging 5 -Kiosk at East Chestnut Hill Trail crosses public and private (orange) Road from Wendell Rd land on its 43 mile journey -Trailhead off North Leverett from South Amherst to Rd, near Spaulding Brook Wendell state forest

Each area has its own rules, but it always good to be aware of hunting seasons, to wear safety orange, to carry out all trash and to keep dogs on a leash where required.

Produced by Montague Planning and Conservation Department 9/13/2016.

North Street WMA Canalside Rail Trail Dry Hill Trail System