-- Click here for a List of Heritage Walks 2011 --
Celebrating our heritage through
hiking & walking, biking, & canoeing.
Our tenth annual Heritage Walks Programwill be held on two
weekends this Fall:
September 17-18 and October 1-2, 2011.
Come join us on short walks as well as longer hikes,
walking tours of towns and historical buildings, nature
and birding walks, tours of industrial site ruins,
and, a canoe/kayak trip on the river. Historians,
naturalists, and environmentalists will help participants explore:
- The Housatonic River
- The history of the villages and towns in the region as
expressed in archaeological and industrial sites,
architecture, bridges, and monuments, - Both prominent and unsung geological, ornithological
and horticultural resources, and - Splendid autumn foliage vistas.
Heritage
Walk
Partners
The 2011 Heritage Walks are a partnership of the numerous heritage organizations in the Upper Housatonic River Valley, the Berkshire Visitors Bureau, and the National Park Service.
Berkshire Visitors Bureau
National Park Service