Adopt the NET!
NET Committee Highlight
View of the NET in Section 3. Photo credit: Jeannette Pierce.
View of the NET in Section 3. Photo credit: Jeannette Pierce.
AMC, the United States Forest Service, the State of New Hampshire, Maine Bureau of Parks & Lands, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and other trail clubs and organizations cooperatively maintain thousands of miles of trail in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. AMC's Adopt-A-Trail Program provides the opportunity for volunteers to perform basic maintenance on some of these trails.
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We currently have an opening for an adopter on Section 3 of the New England Trail (NET). Please contact the Western MA NET Committee for more information.
NET Section 3
Section 3 begins at the edge of the Westfield River. The Westfield River is often crossable on foot, however, there is a volunteer who is available to drive people when the water is too high. The roadwalk to go around the river is 3 miles.
Meandering below a level, sandy plateau and passing below the Pioneer Valley Sportsman's Club, this section of trail returns to higher ground when reaching the West Springfield Municipal Watershed land. The bridges on this section are old and will be replaced in the near future.
The Lane Quarry is visible through the trees to the west as the trail heads north on West Springfield's public water supply land toward the Mass Pike.
