Yeah, I had a friend who would bear hunt there.
Is that about it, or is there any scenery? I'll save bear hunting for bear season, if I decide to get into that.
Any other places North of Northampton, West of 9/112/8A and West of 202 that have decent scenery, maybe some hiking, kayaking, mountain bike (fire) roads, with camping spots? Just looking to explore a little.
Scenery?
there IS stuff to see.
You can see the entrance to the Hoosack train tunnel, and walk across the wood railroad bridge across the river.
there used to be a Hoosac Tunnel museum in N. Adams, not sure if it is open or not today.
you can hike up to the mountain tops, on either side of Rt 2. but i do not recall any great vistas up there since thei mountain tops have trees.
there are marked trails up one of the mountains from the Mohawk Trail Campground.
there is the power station and water storage mountain top lake as part of the beartown power generation station. you can walk the power lines there too, and get some scenery.
there is a ski slope in town, not sure if they run the lift during the summer or not.
on the way to north adams there is a good vista of the valley, along with the hairpin turn road, the BPOE elk statue.
there is an apple orchard along rt 2, possibly ready to "pick your own"
there are ponds at savoy forest, but you need to bring your own cannoe or row boat
There are one or two "Indian Trinket" type shops on the way there.
Lamson Knife outlet in Shellburne falls
and of course, there is Pot Rock. its a big rock in the middle of the River, a couple miles west of Mohawk Trail campground that everyone would meet up at and smoke pot at back in the '70's. Like you were going caving in the slingerlands, NY, and everyone would "meet up at pot rock" to form a caravan.
that is about it