The Mohawk Trail REGION The Official Visitors Mohawk Guide 2018 - 2019 Trail www.mohawktrail.com REGION Explore The Trail Region 4-6 Ride off the beaten path ....33 Historic and literary figures Savoy .............................33 travelled The Trail ............7 Rowe ..............................33 Traffic on The Trail Annual Events for millenniums ................7 along The Trail ..........34-35 Tourist Information ... 8-10 map of the Ice Cream along The Trail ...11 mohawk trail find a place to region ...............36-37 enjoy yourself Charlemont ...................38 in the mohawk Shelburne Falls .............43 trail region Colrain ...........................46 The Arts & Culture .........12 Shelburne ......................46 Places to Eat & Drink .12-13 Greenfield .....................48 Places to Stay ..................13 Cultural Districts ..............49 Places to Shop .................14 Deerfield .......................49 Services ...........................15 South Deerfield .............51 www.mohawk trail.com How to Get Here .............15 Turners Falls .................51 Distances from Bernardston ..................52 BIENVENIDO | BIENVENUE North Adams to ? ...........15 Northfield .....................54 Camping, State Parks & Gill .................................54 WILLKOMMEN | BENVENUTO Outdoor Recreation .......16 Athol .............................55 欢迎 Sights to See .................17 Phillipston ....................55 ようこそ | cities & towns Westminster .................55 in the trail Farmers’ Markets ...56-57 region Small Town Libraries Williamstown ...............18 along The Trail .................58 Cultural Districts ..............26 For more info ...............59 North Adams ................27 5 Driving Tours Adams ...........................30 in the Mohawk Pittsfield ........................32 Trail Region ............60-70 Florida ...........................32 NKO E ON THE COVER He is cruising past Mohawk Park in Charlemont and approaching the climb This publication is funded, MICHAL up Route 2, The Mohawk Trail. in part, by The Massachusetts E N E ON THIS PAGE They’ve come over the Office of Travel and Tourism. EUG mountain and are taking in the view from © 2018 The Hairpin Turn in North Adams. Mohawk Trail Association 2018-2019 discover the wilderness Trail. Envisioned to be a 100-mile trail roughly 40 of the miles are currently designated in Mas- of the mohawk trail sachusetts. Some of these are on road, on water, route 2 region or not well-marked or developed. A large portion he Mohawk Trail Region stretches from of the open trail is located in Mohawk Trail State the Massachusetts-New York line to Forest and South River State Forest in Conway. Millers Falls on the Connecticut River, a THE T63 mile East-West highway. Traveling it, there is a choice of more than 100 attractions: his- Natural Bridge Whitewater Rafting discover the arts & history toric sites, museums, theater, zip lining, rafting, MOHAWK of the mohawk trail mountain biking and mountain coasting. Plus Flowers is Salmon Falls. The river bottom has route 2 region there are country inns, gift shops and camping the largest collection of glacial potholes in the TRAIL areas. All of this is surrounded by the seasonal country. These pre-historic potholes, which can changing beauty of the Berkshire Hills and Con- be viewed from an overlook, came into existence necticut Valley. by swirling pools of water and REGION RIVERS gyrating stones of the Ice Ages The Deerfield River plays a that eroded the granite. Association (AAA) big part of the fun in the Mo- There is another unique also chose The The new wing at The Clark hawk Trail Region. Its deep bridge. This one is carved by Trail for scenic runs, riffles and large stillwa- Mother Nature. It is New recognition, as ter pools offer opportunities England’s only Natural Bridge has the Federal for fishing or wild adventure Potholes below Salmon Falls located in North Adams. Ero- government in and laid-back fun. A coordi- sion from melting glaciers wore its Scenic Byway nated water release schedule from the various down the rock over thousands of years to form Program. an arch over Hudson Brook. The summit of Mt. Greylock dams on the river create a water playground for Pull over on WCMA whitewater rafters and kayakers. The French King Bridge on Route 2 connects The Trail to view the rolling hills at the Hairpin Gill and Erving 141 ft. above the Connecticut In Charlemont, there are three companies of- Turn and the Western Summit in North Adams, ART River. The name commemorates a brief visit by fering river adventures and two of them offer zip the Whitcomb Summit and the Eastern Sum- Three museums in Northern Berkshire ex- lining. You can zip through the forest canopy like a French officer commanding a party of Native mit in Florida, and the view of the Connecticut people. He claimed the rock in the middle of the hibit fine art that is usually seen in European a bird with wings. River from the French King Bridge between Gill capitals: The Clark Art Institute and WCMA, BRIDGES river in honor of the king of and Erving. View the valley and a four-state vista France. (Willliams College Museum of Art) in Wil- A five-arch concrete span crosses from Mount Greylock (May-Oct.) the highest liamstown, and MASS MoCA (Massachusetts VISTAS the Deerfield River in Shelburne Falls. mountain in Massachusetts, dominating the Museum of Contemporary Art) in North Adams. It is called the Bridge of Flowers. Once The reputation of the Mo- landscape with an elevation of 3,491 feet above The Mohawk Trail is also the address of a deserted trolley bridge, it presently hawk Trail as a scenic route is sea level. venues for the performing arts. In Charlemont, displays a profusion of flowers and well established. The National HIKES The Mohawk Trail Concerts can be heard in the shrubs, cultivated by the Shelburne Falls Geographic Traveler selected There is an effort to recre- acoustically perfect Federated Church. Musi- Woman’s Club since 1929. The Bridge of the Mohawk ate a footpath, a hiking trail cians from around the world perform the works Flowers is the only one of its kind and a il as one of 50 such scenic connecting the Deerfield River of Classical and Modern composers in a comfort- delight to see. routes in the United States. with the Hudson River. It is able easy setting. Farther west on The Trail, the Downstream from the Bridge of The American Automobile called the Mahican Mohawk Tony-award winning Williamstown Theatre 4 www.mohawktrail.com www.mohawktrail.com 5 cooking and crafts and concerts of period music, give you a greater understanding of Colonial traffic on the trail historic & literary figures American life. Their world class collection of ear- for millenniums travelled the trail ly American antiques and furnishings represent The Mohawk Trail traces its roots back the highest quality craftsmanship of their era. to the time when the glaciers retreated after the Ice Age. While the peoples of the discover a whole lot more northeast had neither wheel nor horse, they created a footpath for trade and travel The ’62 Center - WTF The Federated Church in the mohawk trail between the Connecticut and Hudson Festival is held in The ’62 Center on the campus route 2 region River valleys. When the European settlers of Williams College. 4 SEASONS LONG arrived thousands of years later, they used HISTORY There are four distinct sea- the footpath to travel between the English The Western Gateway Heritage State Park in sons in this part of the country settlements in Deerfield and the Dutch No. Adams exhibits the railroad and industrial and outdoor activities to match settlements in New York. The white settlers heritage of that city including the Hoosac Tunnel each one. There are festivals and traders brought the horse and the wheel which was built between 1851 and 1875 at a cost held in many of the towns which necessitated the original path to be Metacom, also called King Philip, crossed of 195 lives and $15 million. Its along The Trail in widened and slightly relocated. The Trail to meet with the Mohawks in an unsuc- two portals are in North Adams spring, summer, Over the millenniums, the Native peoples reached agreements on hunting cessful effort to recruit them against the English. and Florida. Only the eastern autumn and win- King Philip’s War (1675-76) was the last attempt portal in Florida is easily visible. ter. See the list of and fishing territories. The Pocumtuck of Massachusetts shared salmon fishing spots by the Native people to stop the European en- On Central Shaft Rd. off them on pages 34 and 35 inside croachment in New England. with the Mohawk of New York at Turn- Rte. 2 in Florida is a monu- this guide. Nearly 100 years later, , still ers Falls on the Connecticut River and at Benedict Arnold ment to 13 men who died in The Trail doesn’t hibernate in an American patriot, traveled the Mohawk Trail Shelburne Falls on the Deerfield River. The a disaster. The building above the winter. The Berkshire Hills to Fort Ticonderoga in New York. Starting in Bos- the Central Shaft caught fire, are beautiful even when they are English settlers in the Connecticut River ton, he recruited additional troops in Deerfield collapsed into the hole and leafless and covered in snow. The Valley and the Dutch in the Hudson River and headed to the fort. He joined with Ethan Al- Tunnel workers ready to Valley fomented political unrest between rained flames, tools, pumps descend the Central Shaft best in downhill and cross coun- len, defeated the British and took their artillery. and the elevator mechanism on try skiing, snowmobiling, hiking, the agricultural Pocumtuck and the expan- Nathanial Hawthorne crossed The Trail In the men. The job of tunneling through miles of snowshoeing and even camping are enjoyed in sionist Mohawk. The Europeans wanted the summer of 1838 and visited North Adams. solid rock was constant danger especially when the frosty months.