The drive on Route 2 from the Pioneer Valley to the Berkshires is full of instagrammable river bends and enticing-looking trailheads to which you'll silently vow to return with your Merrells. On your trek on this windy road to Williamstown, make a quick stop at the Elk for striking views and quirky fun facts, the best of which is that the time capsule buried there will be dug up in June 2023. What did the Massachusetts Elk Association of 1923 think modern travellers would want to know about their life and times? I'm dying to know. Count me in for...
Read moreThis Golden Elk statue is in a pull out at Whitcomb Summit along The Mohawk Trail. The Elk On The Trail was designed by American Sculptor Eli Harvey, and commissioned by the Greenfield Mass Elks Club in 1923 as a memorial to Massachusetts Elks who died during WW1. It's worth stopping here not only to see the Elk statue, but the beautiful view of the steep sided valley of the upper...
Read moreThe elk on the trail is a monument to all the fallen soldier's that have fallen in all the world wars it is a beautiful monument of a realistic looking golden elk on a nice granite pedestal with a beautiful mountain view of the mountains in Vermont with a bunch of wind turbines it is on a very beautiful senic RT...
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