Route description
NORTH BERKSHIRE MAIN ROUTE SOUTHBOUND (READ UP),
VERMONT BORDER TO LENOX
DIST INSTRUCTIONS BEAR BEAR ALTI-
STEP READ **SIDE TRIP CONNECTION (Asterisks) ING ING TUDE
UP Note (not capitalized) BACK FWD FEET
1 50.55 END Berkshire North route 260 000 1096
**Berkshire South route goes north
on Under Mountain Rd
2 50.47 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Rte 183 270 080 1106
Kripalu Center entrance at fork
ROAD REPEATEDLY CROSSES LENOX-
STOCKBRIDGE BORDER before merge
3 49.38 RICHMOND -> LENOX 230 050 1260
Lenox Rd becomes Richmond Mountain Rd
4 48.84 Top of climb; scenic overlook 300 150 1394
5 47.67 BEAR LEFT at triangle 000 135 1165
6 47.19 STRAIGHT where East St goes left 000 180 1217
7 46.91 CROSS Swamp Rd 270 090 1122
8 46.17 LEFT on Lenox Rd 000 080 1076
9 43.57 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Rte 41 005 260 1220
10 42.61 HANCOCK -> RICHMOND 010 200 1184
11 41.99 LEFT on Dublin Rd 055 190 1198
12 41.48 Hancock Shaker Village museum 080 260 1178
PITTSFIELD -> HANCOCK
13 39.61 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Rte 20 040 240 1063
14 39.38 RIGHT on Hungerford St 340 220 1043
15 38.39 LEFT on Fort Hill Av 100 190 1119
**SIDE TRIP 8 rejoins route
16 37.36 RIGHT on West St 010 280 1063
17 36.19 RIGHT on Valentine Rd at exit from 280 200 1161
Burbank Park
18 35.82 LEFT on Onota Lake Boulevard 000 090 1083
19 35.05 RIGHT on Lakeview Dr into Burbank Park 305 225 1083
20 34.47 Casey Memorial Dr (causeway) on right 350 170 1083
**SIDE TRIP 8: Right across causeway
21 33.48 LANESBOROUGH -> PITTSFIELD 010 190 1132
Balance Rock Rd becomes Peck's Rd
22 32.34 BEAR RIGHT on Balance Rock Rd (paved) 030 270 1171
at end of Ore Bed Rd
**END of the no-dirt alternate. What's
a little dirt compared with that hill?
23 31.95 HARD LEFT on Ore Bed Rd 135 180 1165
24 31.07 MERGE FROM LEFT where Goodell goes right 080 220 1184
(Goodell -> better crossing of Rte 7?)
25 30.40 RIGHT onto Miner Rd (dirt road) 035 305 1119
**No-dirt alternate: Rte 7, right on
Bull Hill Rd, left on Balance Rock Rd
26 28.27 **SIDE TRIP 9 rejoins route. Welcome 340 195 1171
back to the lowlands
27 28.02 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Rte 7 275 150 1188
**Rte 7 shortcut rejoins route
28 25.51 RIGHT on Bailey Rd 260 140 1552
29 25.13 Top of climb 280 100 1637
30 24.56 HANCOCK -> LANESBOROUGH 280 100 1460
31 24.06 Whitman Rd steep shortcut rejoins, left 245 065 1319
32 22.62 LEFT on Brodie Mountain Rd 020 090 1138
**Straight on 43 to connect with New
York bicycle touring route
33 21.17 STRAIGHT: Whitman Rd to left is steep! 035 215 1250
34 17.26 WILLIAMSTOWN -> HANCOCK 010 190 1060
35 14.23 CROSS Rte 7 onto Green River Rd 055 235 869
**Rte 7 shortcut rejoins from left
36 11.87 Mt Hope Park on left 025 255 755
37 10.55 Straight past Gale Rd on right 010 190 699
**SIDE TRIP 10 rejoins route
Water St becomes Green River Rd
leaving Williamstown
38 9.52 LEFT on Water St 100 190 663
Williams College 1 block farther on
Rte 2
39 8.05 NORTH ADAMS -> WILLIAMSTOWN 095 275 617
40 7.69 RIGHT on Rte 2 000 280 633
41 7.32 LEFT on Ashton Ave 095 220 630
42 5.92 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Massachusetts Ave 110 275 682
43 5.67 RIGHT onto Roberts Dr 080 000 666
44 5.37 **SIDE TRIP 9 at Notch Rd on left; 095 265 666
climb is easier from other end!
45 4.29 RIGHT onto Rte 2 (note difference 120 270 735
between north and south routes --
total mileage the same, though)
46 4.16 LEFT onto Bridge St 000 180 702
47 3.90 RIGHT onto River St just before 000 270 696
river
48 2.89 CROSS West Rd; Cross Rd becomes 040 220 1076
Marshall St
49 2.27 RIGHT on Cross Rd 020 290 1053
50 0.73 Clarksburg State Park entrance 070 250 1109
51 0.54 RIGHT on Middle St 010 260 1086
52 0.00 STAMFORD, VT -> CLARKSBURG, MA 350 190 1086
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