The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area announces the 22nd annual autumn Housatonic Heritage Walks in September.  70 free, guided interpretive tours will be offered throughout Berkshire County, MA, and Litchfield County, CT. The public is invited to participate in these family-oriented, interpretive walks, offered in partnership with our region’s historic, cultural, and outdoor recreation organizations and the National Park Service. The Heritage Walks are the ideal opportunity to experience and learn about our region’s rich and varied local history. Historians, naturalists, and environmentalists will lead participants on explorations through historic estate gardens and town districts, behind-the-scenes cultural site tours, nature walks, trail hikes, and tours of many of the industrial-site ruins that were once thriving local industries.  There will be Native-American and African American history walks & a bike tour on scenic country roads.  Detailed Heritage Walks brochures are available at libraries, post offices, and newspaper rack in major grocery stores in the region.

See the Event Website for additional information about these walks.