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Rowanwood Farm

4.6 (10 reviews)

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Julia W.

Listen. When is the last time you got up close and personal with a llama? Yeah, I thought so. Get down to Rowanwood and A.J. will help you fix that. Rowanwood is a family operated miniature llama farm. I found out about it when we took our students to visit the llamas. A.J. owns and operates the farm, and lives on property. Really, you are visiting someone's home, who happens to love and harbor llamas. Rowanwood's main gig is operating llama hikes. I mean, you get to hike a gorgeous trail with a llama on a leash by your side. Doesn't get much better than that, folks. Our students are part of a vocational training program, and A.J. welcomed us with open arms to come visit the llamas and then help her on the farm as part of our landscaping vocational training. She was such a gem, and so sweet, kind, and loving toward our students. If you want to learn all about llamas, give A.J. a call and book a llama hike, or set up a time with her to visit* the farm! *Don't just show up, as this is not a public space. It is her llama loving home.

Lynette M.

Such a wonderful thing to do! Learned a lot and had a great time with these beautiful Llamas. A really great time, the llamas are so well. Behaved and friendly. A must do if you are in the area.

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The llamas are adorable and so loving and the owners truly take so much time and effort to take care of them.

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Sticks & Stones Farm

Sticks & Stones Farm

4.3(8 reviews)
8.0 km

These people are crooks. I'm a well-known freelance foraging expert. I led pubic tours on the…read moregrounds from 2008 to 2019, when a new events director, Celine Currier, took over. A true Stacey, she arbitrarily directed me to lead my tour on shady trails, where edible wild plants, which need sunlight, don't grow. My 13-year-old foraging expert daughter scouted out the shady trails in advance and verified this. Feeling responsible to the participants, I led the tour in sunny places, where we found plenty of plants, despite Currier's arbitrary and wrong-headed objections. Nevertheless, Currier hired me and my daughter to lead a mushroom weekend in 2017. She signed a contract, including a statement that if she canceled the event, we'd be paid in full. Then, when it was way too late for me to schedule other events, she pulled the rug out for under me, canceled our event, and hired someone else to do the mushroom weekend, despite the signed contract, causing us to lose a much-needed weekend of work. When I tried to contact her dad, Tim Currier, the owner, with whom I'd been acquainted since 2008, he showed his true colors and ghosted me. Through a laborious process, I took the farm to small claims court. The trial occurred remotely during the Covid lock-down. No one from the farm showed. I won, and they had to pay me after all. Be warned: These people are crooks, and will skunk you if they can get away with it.

What a lovely place to traipse around. We were happy to come in the winter when we could peek into…read moreall the cute seasonal cabins. Wooded hills, tiny waterfall and a broom maker this a magical spot for the young' uns. Our dog was welcome as long as he was on a leash. If you walked all the trails you could make it just a few miles, so a nice 1-2 hour jaunt.

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Housatonic Railway Rails To Trails - Little Library next to school bus lot

Housatonic Railway Rails To Trails

4.5(6 reviews)
13.7 km

Best walking trail in the area. It's several miles long, fairly flat and decently maintained. Great…read morespace for walking strollers, kids or just with friends. It does get very muddy even a day after a rain, though. The bikers can get a little annoying too. The parking lot can fill up quickly on weekends, but there's plenty of parking on the side street parallel to the trail.

I rode the trail today from Daniels Farm Road to Benedict's Home and Garden in Monroe. I stopped…read morehere and had to go back because I had no idea where the trail went from here which is my complaint about this trail. It is poorly marked. There is a fork in the trail with a sign that says "Main Street Spur, one way and Spring Hill Road Trail Route" the other way. I took the Main Street route and after about 200 yards I was at the edge of Main Street and I had no idea which way to go as there is no signage at all. I doubled back and took the Spring Hill Road route which took me to Victorinox. Here you either go left or right, again no trail markers. I went right towards Victrinox because it looked like that trail went around the the property but no, I was soon met with a no trespassing sign. So I doubled back again and found the trail again which took me to another trail head with no markings although I did find the Stephen French Store/Post Office marker, but no trail marker as to which way to go. I gambled and went right and found the Stepney Depot marker but no trail marker. I continued north until I came to the Benedict's Home and Garden Center, again which way do I go? Again I gambled and went right to Wolf Park which seemed like a logical way to go, however the park was closed for the Bicentennial?! Again you guessed it no trail marker to be found. I gave up at this point and went back to my truck and went home. Did I miss something? Did I miss all the trail markers? If I did please let me know where they are. Otherwise it was a great ride with some slight inclines and and mostly smooth riding. I would recommend it but be aware there are no obvious trail markers.

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Housatonic Railway Rails To Trails - Shadey paved walks on afternoons near Spring Hill Rd

Shadey paved walks on afternoons near Spring Hill Rd

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Bash Bish Falls - Waterfall blocked by unnecessary protection.

Bash Bish Falls

4.3(70 reviews)
81.9 km

It took me three attempts over three days to make it all the way to the waterfall, but it was so…read moreworth it! I took this journey at the start of February, and there was tons of snow on the ground. On the first day, I arrived at the Massachusetts parking lot around 3 PM I figured I had a good two hours before sundown. I turned back after walking a short way down the trail because it was so steep, I thought I was going to tumble into the river. When I got back, I watched a video of someone hiking on the Massachusetts side, and I realized that the trail is normally full of stairs This makes sense because it's very steep and that's why it's so short but because of the snow, the stairs are covered up I would definitely not recommend using the Massachusetts side in the winter On the second day, I got to the New York parking lot around 2 PM. I made it about halfway down the much more gradual and scenic trail before I turned back. I turned back because the sun disappeared behind the mountain, and it was dark and windy On the third day, I got to the New York side at 11 AM. This time I realized that the top of the trail is just always dark and windy because it's in a corridor between two mountain peaks. So I pressed on. It took me about one hour to get to the end of the trail. I walked pretty slowly and stopped to look at nature a lot. If you are not someone who is super confident staying on the path in the forest, these are fairly easy trails because it's just a straight line the whole way there and you are following the river the whole time. I'm so glad I didn't give up because the falls are one of the most beautiful magical things I've ever seen Instead of water flowing down through the ice, it was snow and slush bursting through the sections of the frozen waterfall the water exploding into 1 million tiny snowflakes from the top to the bottom I plan to come back here in the summer with my kids and I think they will really love it.

Must see if you are in the area! Two parking lots -- one in NY and one in MA. We did the NY one…read morewhich leads up up a gradual, pretty easy hill about 20min until you reach the falls. Looks like the MA lot -- you go down a steep, shorter hill to reach the falls. Along the way you'll pass by a stream and an array of Fall leaves. When you reach the falls, there were many people who climbed the little railing and took the rocky steps down to the falls. It's worth it -- as it's beautiful and a great picture spot. Dog friendly too!

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