Directions to the TOUR DES FARMS 2010
The celebratory concert at 5 pm with Caravan of Thieves, Kate Callahn, John Ciambriello, Frank Critelli, and Brian Dolzani is at the outdoor concert stage next to the library/senior center parking lot at 2901 Dixwell Ave, Hamden. The library/senior center parking lot is the closest parking to the concert.
Rain venue for the 5 pm concert is The Square Foot Theatre in the Hamden Plaza at 2100 Dixwell Avenue, 1.5 miles from the library further down Dixwell (head left as you leave library parking lot). For out of towners--as you come from the library, you will see two large plazas on your right which are adjacent to each other on Dixwell Ave. The first one you'll see coming from the library has a Wal-mart. You want the next one, which has a Petco and a Marshall's.
By Car to Tour des Farms and evening concert
Coming down the Wilbur Cross from the north
- Take exit 62 for Whitney Ave toward Hamden
- Turn right at bottom of ramp, Whitney Ave
- Take the 2nd left onto CT-10 S/Dixwell Ave
- Destination will be on the left about .2 mile after turn onto Dixwell. Enter parking lot for library and senior center. Head to your right for registration. 2901 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT 06518.
Coming up the Wilbur Cross/Merrit Parkway from the south
- Coming up the Wilbur Cross, take exit 61 for Whitney Ave toward Hamden
- Turn right at bottom of ramp, Whitney Ave
- Take the 2nd left onto CT-10 S/Dixwell Ave
- Destination will be on the left about .2 mile after turn onto Dixwell. Enter parking lot for library and senior center. Head to your right for registration. 2901 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT 06518.
Coming down I-91 from the North
- Heading South on I-91, take exit 10 for CT-40/Mt Carmel connector toward Hamden
- Take exit 1 toward US-5/State St/Dixwell Ave/Hamden
- Turn left at light at bottom of ramp onto Devine St
- Turn left at next light onto Hartford Turnpike
- Take the first right onto Dixwell Ave. Go about 1 mile on Dixwell. When you see Hamden Town Hall and cross Rt. 10 (Whitney Ave) you are almost there. Library is about .2 mile beyond the intersection with Whitney, on left. Enter parking lot for library and senior center. Head to your right for registration. 2901 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT 06518?
From I-95 north or south, or coming up I-91 from the South
- Take I-95 towards New Haven and follow signs for I-91 North towards Hartford.
- Take exit 10 off of I-91 to merge onto CT-40 N/Mt Carmel Connector toward Hamden/Cheshire (go 3.1 mi ) take exit 10 for CT-40/Mt Carmel connector toward Hamden
- Take exit 1 toward US-5/State St/Dixwell Ave/Hamden
- Turn left at light at bottom of ramp onto Devine St
- Turn left at next light onto Hartford Turnpike
- Take the first right onto Dixwell Ave. Go about 1 mile on Dixwell. When you see Hamden Town Hall and cross Rt. 10 (Whitney Ave) you are almost there. Library is about .2 mile beyond the intersection with Whitney, on left. Enter parking lot for library and senior center. Head to your right for registration. 2901 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT 06518?
By train and bike
For train travel to the Tour des Farms, your railroad station will be Union Station in New Haven, which is on both the Metro North and the Amtrak lines. Once at Union Station, the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is conveniently located to allow you to bike 8 miles north from New Haven almost all the way to the Hamden public library, our start point. Use Google maps bike option to map the route from the train station through downtown New Haven to arrive at the Canal Trail, which begins on the Yale campus. Exit the Canal trail at Dixwell Avenue and head east (uphill) about a half mile to the library/senior center parking lot.
By bike
To bike to the Tour des Farms, our suggestion is to use the Google maps bike option in conjunction with the CT Dept. of Transportation recommended bike route map. You can see that the Farmington Canal Heritage trail is like a vertical 'spine' going within a half-mile of the Hamden public library, so you probably want to design your route around that rail-trail. Exit the Canal trail at Dixwell Avenue and head east (uphill) about a half mile to the library/senior center parking lot.
By train and bus
The CT Transit Bus "J Line" goes from Union Station up Whitney Avenue into Hamden. (J line weekend schedule.) Exit the bus at the intersection of Dixwell Avenue and Whitney Avenue, and head 1/4 mile west to the library/senior center parking lot at 2901 Dixwell Avenue.
The capacity of New Haven public buses to carry bikes is somewhat limited.
- Buses can carry a maximum of two bikes, on a "first-come, first-served" basis.
- Only single seat, two-wheeled bikes will fit in the racks. No tricycles, electric, tandem, or motorized bikes are permitted.