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SOUTH BERKSHIRE MAIN ROUTE NORTHBOUND,
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
1 SALISBURY,CT -> SHEFFIELD, MA 185 005 689
on Weatogue Rd
2 2.02 RIGHT on Ranappo Rd 190 100 679
Bartholomew's Cobble Nature Reserve
before turn; Col. Ashley house 0.1 mi
left on Cooper Hill Rd
3 2.95 BEAR LEFT at Ashley Falls town green, 220 040 682
THEN STRAIGHT onto N. Main St
4 3.18 RIGHT on Clayton Rd 200 100 673
5 4.40 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto E. Stahl Rd then 290 350 682
HARD LEFT on Polikoff Rd
6 5.44 BEAR RIGHT on Hewins St 145 030 679
**SIDE TRIP 1: hard right, Alum Hill Rd
7 8.47 BEAR LEFT on County Rd (becomes Maple 135 295 673
Ave at bridge)
**SIDE TRIP 1 rejoins route
8 9.40 LEFT on Route 7 in Sheffield Center 125 035 673
9 10.21 STRAIGHT past Cook Rd (at artillery gun) 150 330 682
**Old covered bridge and picnic area
0.2 mi on right
10 10.52 LEFT on South Egremont Rd 135 250 673
11 12.54 Shays Rebellion battle monument, right 135 315 679
12 13.16 SHEFFIELD -> EGREMONT 135 315 692
South Egremont Rd becomes Sheffield Rd
13 14.71 BEAR RIGHT at fork onto Button Ball La 135 340 702
**SIDE TRIP 2: BEAR LEFT
14 14.85 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Rte 23-41 165 350 722
**SIDE TRIP 2 rejoins route here
15 15.15 EGREMONT -> GREAT BARRINGTON 260 080 728
16 16.40 HARD LEFT onto Rte 71 260 290 768
**SIDE TRIPS 3, 4: Go straight on 23-41
17 16.61 RIGHT on Hurlbert Rd 110 005 741
18 17.46 Green River -- swimming holes 160 020 712
19 18.08 Albert Schweitzer Center 190 010 682
20 18.70 LEFT on Alford Rd 250 315 712
**SIDE TRIP 3 rejoins route
21 20.33 GREAT BARRINGTON -> ALFORD 150 330 787
Alford Rd becomes ??? Rd
22 20.88 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto ??? Rd 145 355 784
23 21.13 BEAR LEFT at town center 170 345 853
24 21.34 BEAR RIGHT at triangle onto West Rd 100 310 850
ALFORD -> WEST STOCKBRIDGE
25 25.85 STRAIGHT onto Wilson Rd 220 040 1030
26 26.47 LEFT onto West Center Road 250 010 1122
27 27.32 STRAIGHT past West Alford Rd on left 180 010 1142
28 29.11 CURVE TO RIGHT at triangle, still on 190 090 974
West Center St
29 29.65 RIGHT on Rte 102 240 055 909
30 31.21 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Rte 41-102 270 135 922
**SHORTCUT: left on Rte 41
31 31.44 RIGHT, still on Rte 41-102 270 170 919
32 31.78 STRAIGHT on Rte 102 320 140 945
33 32.56 WEST STOCKBRIDGE -> STOCKBRIDGE 300 120 1030
34 33.96 West Dale Rd on right (dirt road) 300 120 919
**SIDE TRIP 5: turn right
35 34.30 RIGHT on Lukeman La 300 185 951
**Berkshire botanical garden just
past turn on Rte 102
36 34.61 MERGE FROM RIGHT on Rte 183 340 195 889
37 35.11 LEFT into Norman Rockwell Museum 030 135 873
38 35.88 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Glendale Rd via 300 080 853
bike-pedestrian bridge behind museum
39 36.24 STRAIGHT onto Rte 102 at town hall; 290 110 853
Indian burial ground monument on
right before turn
40 36.63 STRAIGHT past Rte 7 on right 290 110 830
**SIDE TRIP 4 rejoins route from Rte 7;
**SIDE TRIP 5 rejoins route from Pine St
41 37.76 Old paper mill complex on right 260 080 843
STOCKBRIDGE -> LEE just before mill
42 38.28 Meadow St on right 255 090 856
**SIDE TRIP 6: right on Meadow St
43 40.11 LEFT on Marble St 220 345 869
44 40.65 **Side Trip 6 rejoins from Lois St 135 315 919
45 41.43 LEFT on Stockbridge Rd 175 245 892
**SIDE TRIP 7: right on Stockbridge Rd
46 41.60 RIGHT on Spring St 085 345 1024
47 42.56 LEFT on Summer St 195 315 1014
48 43.96 RIGHT on Rte 7 090 000 1066
LEE -> STOCKBRIDGE after turn
49 44.23 BEAR LEFT on Stockbridge Rd 180 330 1106
LENOX -> STOCKBRIDGE -> LENOX
50 44.93 **Right and cross Rte 7 at signals to 180 000 1129
Edith Wharton home, "The Mount"
51 46.09 STRAIGHT across Lenox green onto Rte 7A 195 015 1289
52 46.18 STRAIGHT past Housatonic St. on right 195 015 1230
**SIDE TRIP 7 rejoins route
53 46.28 BEAR LEFT onto Cliffwood St 195 345 1230
54 46.90 BEAR LEFT at fork; Cliffwood St 100 280 1171
becomes Under Mountain Rd
55 49.12 END at Tanglewood entrance on Rte 183; 000 1096
**Berkshire North tour goes west on 183
and bears right on Richmond Mtn Rd
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