Event Location: Chesterfield, Mass. MA
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Meeting Time: 10:00 AM
Max # People: 10
Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level:
Easy to Moderate
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Meet at parking lot; walk along trail next to the gorge until the trail meets the road. Walk on dirt road about 4 miles downstream. Have lunch next to the Westfield River, then return by same route to the parking lot. Some minor elevation gains on the road - maybe 50 feet maiximum. Road is mostly tree-shaded.
For details on the gorge, Google: Chesterfield Gorge - The Trustees of Reservations
Dinner afterward at Tom's house in Chicopee for anyone who is interested.
Please let me know if you would like to carpool. I'll leave my house about 9:00 AM.
For anyone coming out by train or bus, I can pick you up at the Springfield Travel Center.
Take Route 9 west from Northampton about 5 miles past the VA Medical Center.
Just past the village of Williamsburg, take a left on Route 143 (Chesterfield Road). Follow 143 about 7 miles.
In West Chesterfield immediately after crossing the bridge over the Westfield River take a left onto Ireland St.
After about a mile take a left into the parking lot of Trustees of Reservations property.
Outdoor Fitness Level: Easy to Moderate
Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate to Strenuous
Outdoor Fitness Level: Easy
