TOURISTS
North Adams, MA
Snowshoeing | Hiking
Joe Girardi Park Ashton Avenue, North Adams, MA
Managed by
City of North Adams
Allowed Uses & Features
Information
- Dogs allowed - Leashed
- Family Friendly
- Free
- Near Public Transit
- Parking
- Water Access
- Water Views
A bridge by the boat launch.
The river by the boat launch.
The sign for the park.
The trail to the boat launch.
- Public Land
- Private Land
- Bus Route
- Trail
- Major Trail
About Joe Girardi Park
Joe Girardi Park is a small property and boat access point along the Hoosic River. The park features a small trail toward a sand beach, where visitors can start a day canoeing or kayaking on the water. The river is calm in this section, making for easy launching.
From this point, the river travels toward Williamstown and eventually into Vermont. Paddlers can pass by dense floodplain forests and access expansive scenic views of the Berkshires. During the fall, the river showcases the mountains as they erupt with the yellows and oranges of fall colors. Wildlife viewing is also excellent on this stretch of the river. Visitors will likely see diverse Western Massachusetts bird and amphibian species during the summertime. There are stopping points downriver at Lauren's Launch in Williamstown and Clayton Park in Pownal, Vermont.
For a more relaxing experience, visitors can bring a chair to the park and relax or picnic by the water. The park also has a small, unmarked trail that ambles by the river.
Visitors should park in the small dirt parking lot on Ashton Avenue before the bridge.
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Accessibility Assessment
There are no accessible features at this location.
This site has an uneven dirt parking lot with large stones in the ground (up to 1'' in diameter). There is an uneven grass path that leads to the boat launch. The path gets as steep as 5 degrees. The boat launch has no accessibility features and is made of wet dirt, feeding directly into the river.
The entrance to the parking lot.
The uneven grass path to the boat launch.
The parking lot.
The start of the grass path to the boat launch.
Clubs, Retail & Rentals
Looking to meet up with others for team sports or group activities? Check out our list of clubs, guides and leagues in the Berkshires on the Resources page. Our list of summer camps will help you plan an overnight or day camp adventure for your young ones.
We also link to an array of outdoor recreation retail shops for gear and rental facilities for equipment on the Gear page.
