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CONNECTICUT VALLEY ROUTE 3 NORTHBOUND
NORTHAMPTON TO MONTAGUE
DIST INSTRUCTIONS BEAR BEAR ALTI-
STEP READ **SIDE TRIP CONNECTION (Asterisks) ING ING TUDE
DOWN Note (not capitalized) BACK FWD FEET
1 0.00 NORTH on Hatfield St. in Northampton 045 215
from Northampton Bikepath
2 0.34 RIGHT on Bridge St 225 095 204
3 0.37 LEFT on Hatfield St 270 045 204
4 0.99 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Rte 5-10 190 000 165
**Right on 5-10: shopping center
5 1.12 RIGHT on Elm St, cross I-91 180 100 165
NORTHAMPTON ->HATFIELD at I-91 crossing
6 3.01 STRAIGHT where Elm St becomes Maple St 260 095 128
7 3.40 LEFT onto Main St 275 010 125
8 4.02 Hatfield Center, Smith Academy 190 010 125
9 7.60 HATFIELD -> WHATELY 190 010 135
Main St becomes River Rd
10 10.47 BEAR LEFT to Rte 116 175 340 141
**Right, then right on 116 to Sunderland
**Right and across 116: River Rd option
11 10.70 CROSS Rte 116 onto Sugarloaf St 165 315 190
WHATELY -> DEERFIELD just before 116
Mt Sugarloaf Reservation on right just
after 116: steep climb, great view
12 11.71 RIGHT onto North Main St at triangle 135 035 200
13 13.34 CROSS Rte 5-10 100 280 220
N. Main St becomes Mill Village Rd
14 18.31 CONTINUE on Old Deerfield Rd to 225 010 157
historic Deerfield Village
15 18.31 Historic Deerfield Village: 190 010 177
BACKTRACK on Old Deerfield Rd
**or go north on 5-10 -- shortcut
16 18.70 CONTINUE on Mill Village Rd 010 225 157
17 20.41 RIGHT on Stillwater Rd 040 310 154
18 21.34 RIGHT across Stillwater Bridge 135 035 174
19 21.53 RIGHT onto Lower Rd 215 095 187
20 25.41 RIGHT onto Wisdom Way 180 045 272
21 26.42 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Mill St 210 010 161
22 26.77 LEFT on Bank Row (Rte 5-10) 260 005 262
**Rte 5-10 shortcut rejoins route here
23 26.94 RIGHT on Main St (Rte 2A) 160 100 246
24 27.01 **to bypass climb to Poet's Seat, turn 280 100 243
right after 1 block at Cheapside St
and left at bottom of hill in 0.9 mi
25 27.14 LEFT where Main St becomes Mohawk Trail 280 015 256
26 27.51 RIGHT on Maple St (sign for Poet's Seat) 195 080 272
27 28.01 Maple St becomes Parkway North 345 165 292
28 28.18 HARD LEFT on Mountain Rd to Poet's Seat 345 005 361
29 28.72 LOOP BACK on Mountain Rd at Poet's Seat 185 185 492
30 29.27 MERGE FROM LEFT, still on Mountain Rd 005 165 361
31 30.09 LEFT over bridge to Main St, Montague 290 035 148
**Non-climb option rejoins the route
from the left here; cross bridge
GREENFIELD -> MONTAGUE at bridge
32 30.32 RIGHT on Greenfield Rd 215 110 148
33 32.62 CONTINUE past Hatchery Rd 350 170 203
State Fish Hatchery 0.3 mi on left
34 33.24 BEAR LEFT still on Greenfield Rd 355 155 167
35 33.97 CROSS Ferry Rd 335 155 180
36 34.47 RIGHT on Montague Rd 290 160 203
37 34.78 END at Montague town green 270 090 246
**Link here with Hadley-Northfield route
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