Saturday’s group hike was our July monthly hike, destination was a glacial boulder perched upon Drake Mountain on the Granville/Westfield town line. Climbing this boulder offers the reward of outstanding views of the Pioneer Valley including the Mount Holyoke Range and as far as Mount Monadnock! Our route took us partially on the old roads of Granville, in fact the first road.

From the history of Granville “The earliest route of travel in Bedford was in some measure the present road commonly spoken of as the Old Road to Westfield, which ran through Hooppole to Jockey Corners, then westerly up the hill to East Granville, and on to Middle Granville and West Granville. This road did not pass through the Narrows, as at present, but at the foot of the hill just westerly from the West Parish filter beds of the Springfield water department, it kept farther to the east and south, and ran over a high part of the hill and then down through what is now the bed of the Granville Reservoir of the Westfield water department and came out into the present road at the place where Peter Hendricksen formerly lived. All this portion of the ancient road has long since been discontinued.” Special thanks to Christy Butler for publishing this one in his book “Berkshire Destinations” available on Amazon. Thank you all for coming out and hiking with us! Photos by liz, karen, steph, kim

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