Outdoors · Category
Conservation Areas across the Pioneer Valley.
A 751-acre Mass Audubon sanctuary on the Connecticut River oxbow in Easthampton and Northampton, with four miles of flat trails through marsh, meadow, and floodplain forest.
Easthampton · 4 mi · Easy
An eight-acre Trustees of Reservations site on Route 5 in Holyoke where exposed sandstone bedrock preserves 200-million-year-old dinosaur trackways, visible by a short seasonal trail from a roadside turnout.
Holyoke · 0.5 mi · Easy
Northampton's largest conservation area. 936 acres around a 40-acre artificial lake, with boardwalks through wetland, a quiet beaver-pond loop, and nearly 10 miles of trails.
Northampton · 10 mi · Easy
A boulder-choked glacial ravine in Leverett, walkable along an old town road now used mainly as a recreation corridor and a prime example of a New England post-glacial chasm.
Leverett · 2 mi · Easy