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HIKING TRAILS
HIKING, WALKING & BIKING TRAILS

Amherst is surrounded by conservation land with a series of trails named after literary figures, including the Robert Frost Trail, a 47 mile-long hiking trail that begins at the Connecticut River in South Hadley, passes through the Amherst Woods neighborhood, and ends at Ruggles Pond in Wendell State Forest. Amherst College offers a series of Sanctuary Trails through the woods at the edge of its campus. Two trails in the Amherst Woods neighborhood connect to the Norwottuck Rail Trail, a well-loved walking and biking trail.

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 NORWOTTUCK RAIL TRAIL

The Amherst Woods neighborhood has two trails that connect to the nearby Norwottuck Rail Trail, the Robert Frost Trail and the Ken Cuddeback Trail . The fragile wetlands along the Rail Trail are visited by a variety of birds, including blue heron, green heron, bald eagle, Canada geese. Its waters are home to numerous reeds and flowers including cattails, water lily and wild iris as well as muskrats, beaver, ducks, frogs, turtles, etc.  

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Station Road Entrance to Norwottuck Rail Trail.

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Robert Frost Trail marker.

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The Emily Dickinson Trail.

Norwottuck Rail Trail in Fall.

The delicate beauty of wetland grasses.

Turtles on a log in Rail Trail wetlands.

Water Lily and Wild Yellow Iris thrive in the Rail Trail wetlands.

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A family of Canada Geese visit the Rail Trail.

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