Note: This post updates and corrects a previous announcement of the fall bike ride.

"Tour de Pownal" Fall Bike Ride
Saturday, September 28, 2019, 9:45 am (for a 10 am start)
Rain date: Sunday, September 29, 2019, 9:45 am (for a 10 am start)

Welcome a new season and get to know your river with a with a free recreational bike tour on September 28. The ride is co-presented by the Pownal Recreation Task Force and the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA). The 23-mile loop begins and ends at at the former Mack Molding parking lot on Route 346, at Lincoln Street. It includes optional shortcuts for a 10-mile or 17-mile version of the ride. (Note: the route is paved except for a one-mile section of hardpack gravel on Indian Massacre Road.) Bring snacks and water. Meet at 9:45 am for a 10 am start.

Leaders: Pownal resident Julie Mackaman and HooRWA board member Lauren Stevens. Contact Julie at jmackaman@gmail.com or 413-207-1609 by to preregister and to receive an email that morning if weather forces us to reschedule for the following morning.

A map and cue sheet for the full ride is posted at:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31055890

The Pownal Recreation Task Force, whose membership is open to anyone interested, is working to create hiking and other outdoor activities that advantage of Pownal's potential access points to the Long/Appalachian and Taconic Ridge Trails and the Hoosic River. (https://pownal.info/)

The Hoosic River Water Association (HooRWA) serves the three states through which the Hoosic River flows (Massachusetts, Vermont, New York) through education, research, advocacy and recreational activities to involve the community in the life of the river — and the river in the life of the community. (http://hoorwa.org/)