Route description
SOUTH BERKSHIRE SIDE TRIPS SOUTHBOUND (READ UP),
CONNECTICUT BORDER TO LENOX
DIST INSTRUCTIONS BEAR BEAR ALTI-
STEP READ **SIDE TRIP CONNECTION (Asterisks) ING ING TUDE
DOWN Note (not capitalized) BACK FWD FEET
SIDE TRIP 1
1 9.66 HARD LEFT returning to main route on 115 155 679
Polikoff Rd from Alum Hill Rd
2 8.45 BEAR LEFT at fork 085 240 666
SHEFFIELD-NEW MARLBOROUGH after turn
3 8.31 RIGHT on Alum Hill Rd 355 265 705
4 7.30 MERGE FROM RIGHT at triangle, still on 050 270 715
Clayton-Mill River Rd; then continue
STRAIGHT past Brewer Hill Rd on right
5 5.83 STRAIGHT past Brewer Branch Rd 020 200 787
** Umpachene Falls -- waterfall and
swimming hole 0.2 mi on right
6 4.58 RIGHT over bridge after General Store, 340 260 833
THEN LEFT on Clayton-Mill River Rd
7 3.11 RIGHT at triangle onto Great 295 170 1070
Barrington Rd
8 2.17 SHEFFIELD -> NEW MARLBOROUGH 280 100 1096
9 0.00 STRAIGHT on County Road after crossing 295 115 673
river, where main route bears right on
Hewins Rd
SIDE TRIP 2
1 24.29 REJOIN MAIN ROUTE: 300 135 709
MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Sheffield Rd,
leaving South Egremont
2 24.14 BEAR RIGHT where Rte 23-41 curves left 265 115 715
3 23.67 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Rte 23-41 200 045 732
4 23.52 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Rte 41 225 015 741
5 20.18 MT WASHINGTON -> EGREMONT 205 025 1378
East St becomes Mt Washington Rd
6 19.09 MERGE FROM RIGHT 155 355 1608
7 18.30 BEAR RIGHT, still on East St 100 325 1680
8 15.78 LEFT onto East St at town center 260 190 1660
9 15.16 BEAR LEFT onto Cross Rd 310 120 1621
10 13.90 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto West St 260 100 1350
11 13.50 Bash Bish Falls access trail on right 350 170 1243
12 11.88 MT WASHINGTON, MA -> COPAKE, NY just 260 080 1001
before access trail; Route 344
becomes Falls Rd; Ore Pit Pond
swimming area on right
13 9.78 LEFT on Rte 344 at town center 310 080 700
14 9.68 LEFT on Cemetery Rd 045 130 700
15 7.78 LEFT on North Mountain Rd 045 170 850
16 6.18 Top of climb 015 195 1286
17 5.19 HILLSDALE, NY -> COPAKE, NY 035 215 984
18 4.85 LEFT on Breezy Hill Rd 135 205 840
19 3.76 COPAKE, NY -> HILLSDALE, NY 140 320 951
just after Catamount ski area
20 3.60 EGREMONT, MA -> COPAKE, NY 135 315 1017
21 0.65 STRAIGHT onto Rte 23 075 255 732
22 0.14 MERGE FROM RIGHT at end of curve 080 260 715
23 0.00 STRAIGHT on Rte 23-41 in South Egre- 000 270 719
mont where main route bears left on
Button Ball Lane
SIDE TRIP 3
1 3.68 STRAIGHT on Rte 23-41 in Great 075 265 771
Barrington where Rte 71 bears left;
rejoin main route
2 2.45 Newsboy monument on left 040 220 715
Fill your water bottle at fountain
3 2.05 BEAR RIGHT onto Rte 23-41 355 220 722
4 1.77 RIGHT on Rte 7, center of Gt. Barrington 290 210 712
**SIDE TRIP 4 rejoins route
5 1.66 LEFT on St James Pl under RR overpass 015 110 715
Steep descent before turn: slow down
and view the 19th century mansions
6 0.54 BEAR RIGHT: Alford Rd becomes Castle St 335 155 886
at intersection
7 0.00 STRAIGHT on Alford Rd where Hurlbert 315 135 758
Rd goes right. Albert Schweitzer
Center 0.9 mi on right on Hurlbert Rd
SIDE TRIP 4
1 10.67 REJOIN SIDE TRIP 3: WEST under RR over- 035 215 712
pass on St. James Pl
2 10.04 LEFT after river bridge, still on 090 185 699
Rte 7
3 9.57 STRAIGHT where Rte 7 merges from right 120 300 715
4 7.16 RIGHT on Rte 23 355 255 981
5 4.46 LEFT on Monument Valley Rd 020 100 873
6 2.55 STOCKBRIDGE -> GREAT BARRINGTON 035 175 869
7 0.00 DIVERGE FROM MAIN ROUTE: South on Rte 7 115 180 843
SIDE TRIP 5
1 6.17 REJOIN MAIN ROUTE, left on Rte 102 190 300 951
2 5.25 BEAR RIGHT on West Dale Rd (dirt road) 140 005 974
3 4.72 LEFT on Mohawk Lake Rd 225 315 860
4 4.33 Chesterwood, home and studio of Daniel 225 045 876
Chester French: BACKTRACK on Willow
5 4.15 Left on Willow St 135 225 899
6 3.87 Cross Rte 183 onto Christian Hill Rd 100 315 810
7 3.32 Former Stockbridge town dump on left 075 225 876
which was closed when Arlo arrived
8 3.06 RIGHT on Glendale Rd (Middle St 315 260 860
changes name)
9 2.87 Over footbridge to Norman Rockwell 315 120 827
Museum: BACKTRACK over footbridge
10 2.69 RIGHT on Butler Road and down hill 080 315 860
to footbridge
11 2.13 RIGHT on Middle St/Glendale at town 355 280 846
green; Children's clock tower; town
hall where Arlo was jailed; Indian
memorial after turn
12 1.58 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Rte 102 (also 355 175 840
still Church St)
13 1.46 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Church St 355 195 833
14 1.32 HARD LEFT on Field St 135 195 883
15 1.15 Cliff over which Arlo dumped trash 135 315 925
16 0.98 LEFT on Meeting House Rd 170 315 1007
17 0.70 Naumkeag Mansion 160 340 984
18 0.22 BEAR LEFT onto Prospect Hill Rd 200 340 843
19 0.06 RIGHT on Pine St 110 025 840
20 0.00 Fete Chez Vous Foods (former Alice's 100 280 840
Restaurant) at back of alley before
Red Lion Inn; you are still on main
route (Main St, Rte 102)
SIDE TRIP 6
1 7.86 LEFT on Rte 102 after bridge 065 265 856
2 5.53 LEFT on Meadow St 155 270 883
TYRINGHAM -> LEE 0.5 mi before turn
3 3.67 Gingerbread House; backtrack on 135 315 935
Meadow St; you may continue 0.9 mi to
Tyringham Center. Note NO STORE there.
4 1.80 STRAIGHT past Meadow St 315 135 883
LEE ->TYRINGHAM 0.5 mi after turn
5 1.26 Spring on left; fill water bottle 000 180 860
6 0.34 RIGHT on Tyringham Rd 330 215 883
7 0.26 LEFT on Rte 102 225 030 883
8 0.19 RIGHT on Pleasant St (Old 102) 260 030 883
9 0.00 LEFT on Lois St 320 080 919
SIDE TRIP 7
1 6.12 LEFT on Marble St, rejoining main 080 175 892
route
2 5.83 RIGHT on Rte 20 and continue straight 340 260 886
where Rte 20 goes right
3 5.31 LEFT on High St 070 160 902
4 5.08 RIGHT on Center St 045 255 902
5 4.35 BEAR RIGHT on Columbia Rd 005 210 919
6 4.07 BEAR RIGHT on Greylock St 330 175 928
**Right to October Mountain State Park
just after bridge over river
7 3.45 BEAR LEFT across river bridge onto 025 150 945
Mill St
8 2.21 RIGHT onto Crystal St at T 290 190 965
9 0.00 LEFT on Housatonic St 020 105 1280
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