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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