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Northampton Bike Tour
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Northampton Bike Tour

Length32.8 mi
Elev. Gain701.9 ft
Est. Steps76000
Trail
Created by Harry

Northampton Bike Tour Introduction

Northampton Bike Tour is a 32.8 mile (76,000-step) route located near Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 701.9 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Started at a &B in Amherst, MA, and headed west to Northampton. From there went southwest on the trail to Easthampton, then north to Florence to the Pie Bar and back to Amherst. Wonderful paved path and great bridge over the CT river.

Attractions Near Northampton Bike Tour

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Northampton Downtown Historic District

Park
The Northampton Downtown Historic District encompasses most of the central business district of Northampton, Massachusetts. This area, which has been a center of commerce and industry in the area since colonial days, extends from the railroad tracks on the east side of the downtown, and west along Main Street to its junction with West Street and Elm Street.

Emily Dickinson Museum

Tourist Attraction
The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead (also known as Emily Dickinson Home or Emily Dickinson House) and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855–1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death.

Beneski Museum of Natural History

Tourist Attraction
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. The Museum is located in the Beneski Earth Sciences Building, completed in 2006.

Academy of Music Theatre

Building
The Academy of Music Theatre is located in and owned by the City of Northampton, Massachusetts, which received the deed in 1892 from former owner and builder Edward H. R. Lyman. It opened in 1891 and was the first municipally owned theater in the United States. The Renaissance Revival style Academy of Music was designed by Hartford, Connecticut, architect William C.

Calvin Coolidge Bridge

Place
The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Bridge is a major crossing of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, connecting the towns of Northampton and Hadley. The bridge carries Route 9 across the river, where it connects to Interstate 91.

Flying Object

Place
Flying Object Center for Independent Publishing, Art, & the Book is a nonprofit community and literary arts center based in Hadley, Massachusetts. It was established in October, 2010, as a bookstore, gallery, and letterpress, and has since incorporated as a nonprofit. In addition to publishing original letterpressed works such as artists' books, chapbooks, and record jackets, the organization hosts several independent publishers that share its space and resources.

Building at 8–22 Graves Avenue

Place
The Building at 8–22 Graves Avenue is a historic rowhouse just outside the downtown area of Northampton, Massachusetts. The Queen Anne style brick rowhouse was built in 1887 for Doctor Silas R. Cooley. The property is unusual because brick was not then a common building material for housing in the Connecticut River valley, and because the rowhouse style of construction was also rare in the area.

Manhan Rail Trail

Building
The Manhan Rail Trail is a rails-to-trails paved recreational trail and non-motorized commuter route located in the lower Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts in the town of Easthampton. The 6-mile-long (9.7 km) trail, completed in 2003, is part of a larger rails-to-trails project that would extend from New Haven, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts.

Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge

Building
The Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge (also known as the Northampton Lattice Truss Bridge) is a former crossing of Boston and Maine Railroad over the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, connecting the towns of Northampton and Hadley, by the Norwottuck Rail Trail, which is currently used for bicycle and foot traffic.

Union Station (Northampton, Massachusetts)

Building
Union Station is a historic building in Northampton, Massachusetts, that served as a train station from 1897 until 1987. Built at the close of the nineteenth century, the structure incorporates many features of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. The buff brick masses of the station are trimmed with red Longmeadow brownstone and hooded by red tile roofs.
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

32.8 mi

Elev. Gain

701.9 ft

Est. Steps

76000
Created by
Harry
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