The HouBike Trail is part of the larger, regional Western New England Greenway (WNEG). The Western New England Greenway is a multi-segment, multi-state bike route that links New York City and Montreal.
The corridor follows mostly low-volume roadways through the very western portions of CT, MA and VT. It connects with the East Coast Greenway at the Merritt Parkway near Norwalk, CT. at the Southern terminus, and with the Quebec’s Route Verte at the Northern terminus (Canadian border). The Bikeway includes over 300 miles of mapped routes, and includes lodging, dining, cycling shops and heritage sites nearby.
This regional network of bicycling routes is supported by a number of organizations, including the:
- Norwalk River Valley Trail (http://www.nrvt-trail.com/)
- Town of Brookfield (CT),
- New Milford River Trail (www.nmbikewalk.org)
- Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (www.HousatonicHeritage.org)
- Housatonic Valley Association (http://www.hvatoday.org/)
- Berkshire Regional Planning Commission / Berkshire BikePath Council (http://www.berkshirebikepath.com/)
- Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation (http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/highway/Main.aspx)
- Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation & Recreation (http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-west/ashuwillticook-rail-trail.html)
- Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce (http://www.bennington.com/)
- Manchester & The Mountains of VT Chamber of Commerce (http://visitmanchestervt.com/)
- Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing (http://www.vermontvacation.com/)
- Local Motion VT (http://www.localmotion.org/) and the
- Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (http://www.champlainvalleynhp.org/)
Other resources that you may find useful:
- East Coast Greenway Alliance