THE LAYOUT of BOTH FRIDAY'S and SATURDAY'S
OUTDOOR TOURS
Here's a LINK to a Google Map of all the Walking and Biking Tours
Click on the spreadsheet above to go to all 14 tours
Note, if you want to print this, it will print on legal-size paper.
On Friday from:
5:00-7:00, Networking, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at
Hotel Northampton. Please plan on joining us!
7:00--? On your own for dinner at one of Northampton's scores of restaurants.
BY THE NUMBERS
$35 &
$15
$35 for the indoor conference
$15 for each of the outdoor tours.
Participants
maximum capacity
for the indoor event
150
Miles of Soon to be Interconnected
Trail Updates
190
0.0
Milemarker start points of both of the longest trails in New England
Walking and Biking Tours
14
1
Inspirational Keynote Speaker
Past Golden Spike Events
The first Golden Spike event was in the summer of 2002, on the campus of Bentley University in Waltham near the old truss bridge over Linden St. Over 400 people attended this event making it the largest rail trail ever held in Mass--up to that time. The most recent event was in 2014 and held in Clinton--and included a tour of the nearly 1,000 foot long tunnel.
Other events over the years included a small gathering at Northampton Brewery about 10 years ago. Another was in Somerville and another one in Rutland that included a tour of Charnock Cut--the highest point on the MCRT.
Also in 2014, we did rail trail update events in both Easthampton, MA and Simsbury, CT for gatherings of the folks involved in the north - south trail.
The location for this 2018 event has a special meaning, too. Union Station is located at 0.0 miles—the starting point for the east-west line that goes all the way to Boston’s North Station. And it is the technical terminus--0.0 miles of the old New Haven Railroad’s Canal Division line from New Haven, CT to Northampton.
The location is at the junction of the longest interstate trail developing in the Northeast with the longest developing rail trail in Massachusetts. TO LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT THE MCRT COALITION: CLICK HERE.
The small images just above here are of the MCRT's Golden Spike event in 2002 on the campus of Bentley University in Waltham Massachusetts.
The image to the right is of a bumper sticker that was popular in the Metro West area of EMass back in the mid-90s.
And the overall background image here is by K.C. Martin and it is over one of the Connecticut River communities near to the MCRT's Norwottuck section.
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