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Trail pictures and narrative are arranged from south to north!
The trail crosses Route 119 a short distance between an informal exit to a shopping center and the Main Street Crossing (West Rindge). Trail users must use great care at this crossing because the high-speed traffic is not warned about the presence of trail users on the crossing!
West Rindge Depot. Digital picture by Kenyon F. Karl on July 15, 1998.
The private owner of the former West Rindge Depot has apparently blocked usage of the old railroad bed north of Main Street. Snowmobile trail signs indicate that a trail detour uses the length of nearby Goodall Street from the Main Street Crossing to an empty lot near its north end that allows trail users to gracefully return to the railroad bed.
'Street-legal' trail users can enter and exit the trail at the following points:
Shopping Center parking lot (exit not ADA compliant)
Route 119 Crossing
Main Street
Through empty lot near the north end of Goodall Street
A shopping
plaza with a major supermarket has been built on Route 202 a
short distance south of Route 119 - with access to the trail that crosses behind
the plaza. Toilets and water are presumably
available within the supermarket upon request. Grocery store hours are 8 am to 9
pm on weekdays and Saturday, 8 am to 6 pm on Sunday. Ample parking for
trail users is presumably available in the plaza parking lot, if
trail users park at the extreme north end of the lot in a manner that does not
interfere with customer
parking or truck traffic to the rear of the plaza. Note that the current
trail entrance is not suitable for disabled trail users because of a drainage
ditch as well as a short but steep slope up to the surface of the truck road.
A Pizza restaurant was noted on
Route 119 a short distance west of the crossing. Toilets and water are
presumably available upon request when the restaurant is open. The Webmaster did
not note its hours of operation during the July 24, 2000 trail check. Note
that Route 119 is a high-speed highway with paved shoulders.
A gas & convenience store was noted at the intersection of Routes 202 &
119 an eighth-mile east of the crossing. The Webmaster did not check its hours
of operation or its offerings during the July 24, 2000 trail check, but it is
likely that toilets and water are available upon request. Note that Route
119 is a high-speed highway with paved shoulders.
Limited
parking should be available along Main and Goodall streets in the West Rindge
settlement if cars are parked in a manner that does not inconvenience the
residents.
Community Information for Ringe
is available at the Keene Sentinel
Web Site.
Sign images are from the Manual of Traffic Signs by Richard C. Moeur.
Updated on February 22, 2001 by Kenyon F.
Karl <[email protected]>.
Unintentional errors are likely!
