Our Saturday adventure was hiking the Berkshire National Fish Hatchery in New Marlborough attending their Housatonic Heritage event here.  The trails are great, its not just fish! Our tour guides were the Friends of the Hatchery and showed us a giant “kettle” formed by glaciers, two charcoal pits, the New Marlborough Monterey Boundary Stone and the unique and beautiful hardwood forest.  This was followed by the Hatchery tour. A network of hiking trails traverses nearby forests, offering visitors additional recreational opportunities.  The trails are short and range from easy to moderate. The Red and Upper Trails climb a couple hundred feet to views of a unique geologic kettle.  The Nature Trail, Shelby Loop, and Kettle Trail are leisurely walks at the lower elevations of the property, offering excellent wildlife viewing and birding opportunities in the dense forest surrounding the Outreach Pond. The trails are open year round even when the hatchery is not, support the https://hatcheryfriends.org/ these guys are great! We will be back for more…

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