Exploring Parsons Brook
A Walking Tour led by Laurie Sanders, Co-director and Naturalist
A Walking Tour led by Laurie Sanders, Co-director and Naturalist
Please email Historic Northampton to be placed on the wait list at
[email protected]. Please indicate the tour date/s you are available.
[email protected]. Please indicate the tour date/s you are available.
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During the last twenty years, the City of Northampton has protected more than 100 acres in the Parsons Brook Greenway. This landscape is underlain by outwash plains that were deposited 16,000-13,000 years ago, when braided glacial streams, choked with sands and sediments, flowed into Glacial Lake Hitchcock. Today, this area includes a mix of habitats, nearly all of which have been highly manipulated by people during the last fifty years.
Join co-director and naturalist Laurie Sanders on a two-hour loop in a portion of the conservation area, through abandoned gravel pits and oak and pine woods, past ponds and marshes, and beside a stretch of Parsons Brook that reveals exposures of 200-million year old sandstone. Registration required. Limited to 15. Sliding scale admission: $10-20. Directions and the meeting location will be emailed to registered participants prior to the walk. |