The Last Green Valley is an area of Southern New England encompassing 35 towns and villages in south central Massachusetts and eastern Connecticut. Also known as the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley it’s an area best explored at leisurely pace to enjoy the historic sites, museums, natural areas, country fairs, festivals and other activities.
The fact is, The Last Green Valley is a large vacation playground sandwiched between the urban sprawl of the NY and Boston regions. Listed as a National Heritage Corridor it makes an ideal area for your East Connecticut vacations.
Famous for its exhilarating bike tours, delightful B&B, plentiful fields and forests, historic houses, and guided hikes, the challenge is deciding how to see the valley corridor… and still have time to visit all the other vacation destinations in east Connecticut.
Activities in the area include: scenic driving, backpacking, bird watching, and hiking.
But one of the more popular methods of seeing the valley is on bike. This can be a do-it-yourself tour or you can hook-up with one of the Cycling Bed and Breakfast packages organized by Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor.
They offer three tours in the Connecticut region of The Last Green Valley, and include one focused on “Picturesque Pomfret and Putnam’s antiques”… another covers the rolling “Backroads of Pachaug State Forest”… and yet another let’s you discover the “Coastal beauty of Mystic and Stonington.”
If you decide to organize your own cycling tour just make sure you book your Connecticut bed and breakfast lodging early, as B&B are popular places to stay in New England, and many are small and fill up fast during the summer and fall seasons.
Finally, be sure to take in the special events put on by the towns and villages during the east Connecticut vacation season. They include walking weekends, street festivals, country fairs, and outdoor art festivals.
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