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Housatonic Valley
The
Housatonic
Valley
is a
geographic region
of
Connecticut
and
Massachusetts
in
the United
States, associated with the
valley
and
watershed
of the
Housatonic River
.
The
Greater Danbury
metropolitan area
in
western
Connecticut is also known as the
Housatonic Valley Region
.
The Housatonic Valley Watershed
spans
1,948
square miles
including 83 towns from the Berkshires
region
of Massachusetts to the
Long Island Sound
.
The
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
is a
designated
National Heritage Area
consisting of
an area in the watershed of the
upper
Housatonic River, extending from
Kent, Connecticut
, to
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
, including eight
towns in Connecticut
and
eighteen
in Massachusetts.