{"id":105,"date":"2015-10-31T21:54:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T01:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sharett.org\/?p=105"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:43:15","slug":"pioneer-valley-public-transit-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Valley Public Transit Hikes &#8211; #1: Mt. Nonotuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve started a new series of hikes using public transportation leaving from Northampton, Massachusetts. One of the great things about using transit to get to places to hike is that it&#8217;s easy to do one-way hikes &#8211; you can get off at one stop and take a hike to another stop, all without requiring shuttling two vehicles.\u00a0 Our first hike was Saturday, October 31, 2015 &#8211; details below.\u00a0 Also follow the series on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pvpth\">PVPTH Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Mt. Nonotuck, Goat Peak and Lake Bray<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.55.43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-117 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.55.43-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The view from Mount Nonotuck\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.55.43-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.55.43-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.55.43-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.55.43.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from Mount Nonotuck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Difficulty:<\/strong> Moderate &#8211; uphill on a carriage road, up and down along the ridge, then downhill on trails<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distance: <\/strong>3.2 to 4.0 miles (1.1 on roads, 2.1 to 2.9 on trails)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvta.com\">PVTA<\/a> B48 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvta.com\/schedules\/B48.pdf\">schedule<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvta.com\/Blue48x.php\">map<\/a>) from the Academy of Music, <span class=\"_Xbe\">274 Main St, Northampton, MA 01060<\/span>.\u00a0 Travel time is 10-15 minutes each way.\u00a0 Runs 7 days a week, less frequently on Sundays.\u00a0 $1.25 each way, or $3 for a day pass.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hiking time: <\/strong>1.5 to 2.5 hours, depending on speed and how much time you want to spend exploring the Eyrie House ruins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->Board the PVTA B48 bus towards Holyoke at the Academy of Music bus stop in front of Pulaski Park in Northampton.\u00a0 Ask to be let off by the intersection with East St., or where the Manhan Rail Trail begins.\u00a0 If the driver doesn&#8217;t know these landmarks (ours didn&#8217;t), signal for a stop after you cross a bridge over the Oxbow and pass the state boat ramp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Walk south (left as you exit the bus) along Route 5, and turn right onto East St.\u00a0 Go under Interstate 91, and turn left on Underwood Ave (at 0.3 miles).\u00a0 Turn right under the power lines and follow the white blazes for the New England Trail, which quickly goes left into the woods.\u00a0 In a few minutes you&#8217;ll reach the old carriage road, which you&#8217;ll follow until you reach a paved road in poor condition (good condition if you don&#8217;t like paved roads!) (at 1.2 miles).\u00a0 Turn left and walk up on this road to the closed parking lot for the Eyrie House Ruins.\u00a0 It&#8217;s worth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-11.03.34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-116 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-11.03.34-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Eyrie House Ruins\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-11.03.34-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-11.03.34-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-11.03.34-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-11.03.34.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>taking some time to explore the ruins and the views.<\/p>\n<p>Return to the parking lot and descend the paved route a short distance, and turn left back onto the white blazed New England Trail.\u00a0 Follow this trail until it descends and meets the T. Bagg Trail (at 1.9 miles).<\/p>\n<p>You can continue on the New England Trail to Goat Peak, a tower with great views, and then return to this junction (0.8 miles round trip), or you can turn left here and descend to Reservation Road (at 2.5 miles without the Goat Peak side trip).\u00a0 Turn left and you&#8217;ll come shortly to the parking lot, visitors&#8217; center and Lake Bray, a good spot for a break (at 2.7 miles).<\/p>\n<p>Continue on Reservation Road and cross Route 5 (at 3.2 miles).\u00a0 A good spot to catch the return bus is in front of Competitive Edge Ski and Sports (which has recently moved, so this building may be repurposed soon).\u00a0 This is a flag stop, so make sure to wave to the driver.\u00a0 The bus arrives here 10 to 20 minutes after leaving the Holyoke Transportation Center.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.45.28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.45.28-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.45.28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.45.28-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-31-10.45.28.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other transit options: <\/strong>You can also take the B48 from Holyoke.\u00a0 Many buses connect to the B48 at the Academy of Music in Northampton and the Holyoke Transportation Center in Holyoke.\u00a0 See the PVTA website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvta.com\">www.pvta.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve started a new series of hikes using public transportation leaving from Northampton, Massachusetts. One of the great things about using transit to get to places to hike is that it&#8217;s easy to do one-way hikes &#8211; you can get off at one stop and take a hike to another stop, all without requiring shuttling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/?p=105\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pioneer Valley Public Transit Hikes &#8211; #1: Mt. Nonotuck<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outdoors","category-public-transit-hikes","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharett.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}