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CONNECTICUT VALLEY ROUTE 5 NORTHBOUND,
NORTHAMPTON TO NORTHFIELD
DIST INSTRUCTIONS BEAR BEAR ALTI-
STEP READ **SIDE TRIP CONNECTION (Asterisks) ING ING TUDE
DOWN Note (not capitalized) BACK FWD FEET
1 0.00 ENTER NORWOTTUCK BIKEPATH from Damon Rd 235 055 130
Cross Connecticut River;
NORTHAMPTON -> HADLEY at river
2 1.40 West St, Hadley (boulevard) 230 070 125
3 1.79 Middle St, Hadley (Mass. Route 47) 230 070 130
**Left to Rte 9 for Farm Museum
4 3.00 Underpass under Route 9: Caution! 230 070 140
5 3.82 Cross Maple St; after crossing, 230 070 155
shopping mall on left
6 4.71 HADLEY ->AMHERST 225 045 190
7 6.03 UP RAMP, LEFT on S. Pleasant St 275 005 250
Amherst College on right after turn
**Turn left instead for Hampshire Coll.
8 6.57 RIGHT on Main St 180 090 318
**or straight ahead for U. of Mass.
9 6.90 Cross Triangle St; Emily Dickinson 270 090 272
house on near left corner
10 7.46 LEFT on North East St 270 000 184
11 9.37 STRAIGHT onto Henry St 135 315 305
12 10.49 BEAR RIGHT onto Bridge St 160 010 302
Stop sign here but no street sign!
13 10.72 STRAIGHT on E. Leverett Rd 170 010 299
Leverett Rd bears left; **left on
State St to Puffer Pond swimming area
14 12.16 AMHERST -> LEVERETT 225 045 325
E. Leverett Rd becomes Chushman Rd
15 12.85 HARD RIGHT on Shutesbury Rd 180 110 410
Long, steep climb ahead!
16 13.75 LEVERETT -> SHUTESBURY 260 080 758
Shutesbury Rd becomes Leverett Rd
17 16.42 LEFT on Wendell Rd at town center 260 350 1224
End of the big climb
18 18.47 BEAR LEFT on Locks Pond Rd 140 320 1234
19 20.46 RIGHT on Lakeview Rd 150 080 860
Lake Wyola public beach after turn
20 21.24 LEFT on Locks Village Rd 260 350 879
SHUTESBURY -> WENDELL just after turn
21 24.56 Pass through Wendell town center 180 000 1161
22 25.35 STRAIGHT where Farley Rd goes left 170 350 1083
**Left here for Miller's Falls Link
23 26.19 WENDELL -> ORANGE, STRAIGHT across 200 020 492
RR track, river, Rte 2A onto Wendell
Rd at village of Wendell Depot
**Right on 2A to Orange, services
24 29.31 ORANGE -> WARWICK 200 020 604
Warwick Rd becomes Wendell Rd
25 31.18 BEAR RIGHT on Wendell Rd; 135 000 666
Commercial campground just past turn.
**Left on Laurel Lake Rd to Warwick
State Forest waterfront
26 33.38 Swimming at near end of Moore's Pond 100 280 682
27 35.17 MERGE FROM RIGHT THEN BEAR RIGHT onto 225 075 876
road which goes up embankment
28 35.45 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Rte 78 210 010 974
29 35.71 LEFT on Northfield Rd in Warwick 170 260 945
town center. Bed & Breakfast here.
**Right on Athol Rd to Athol and east
30 36.02 BEAR RIGHT, still on Northfield Rd; 060 270 876
Same intersection as 3 steps ago
31 37.27 Top of climb, start of long descent! 120 300 1033
32 40.14 WARWICK -> NORTHFIELD 100 280 650
33 43.33 LEFT on Rte 63 in Northfield center 100 200 312
**Right on 63 to Northfield-Mt. Hermon
School, Youth Hostel, New Hampshire
34 44.23 RIGHT on Rte 10 across river 010 275 269
35 45.44 RIGHT on Rte 142 070 355 272
36 49.23 NORTHFIELD, MA -> VERNON, VT on Rte 142 150 330 272
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