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SOUTH BERKSHIRE MAIN ROUTE SOUTHBOUND (READ UP)
LENOX TO CONNECTICUT BORDER
DIST INSTRUCTIONS BEAR BEAR ALTI-
STEP READ **SIDE TRIP CONNECTION (Asterisks) ING ING TUDE
UP Note (not capitalized) BACK FWD FEET
1 49.12 SHEFFIELD,MA -> SALISBURY,CT 005 185 689
on Weatogue Rd
2 47.10 LEFT on Weatogue Rd; just after turn, 100 190 679
Bartholomew's Cobble Nature Reserve
**Or straight on Cooper Hill Rd 0.2 mi
to Col. Ashley House
3 46.17 STRAIGHT past right side of town green, 040 220 682
then MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Ranappo Rd
4 45.93 LEFT onto N. Main St 100 200 673
5 44.72 HARD RIGHT on E. Stahl Rd, then 350 290 682
BEAR LEFT on Alum Hill Rd
6 43.68 HARD RIGHT on Polikoff Rd 030 145 679
**SIDE TRIP 1 rejoins route here
7 40.65 BEAR RIGHT onto Hewins Rd after river 295 135 673
bridge
**SIDE TRIP 1: continue on County Rd
8 39.72 LEFT on Maple St (becomes County Rd) 035 125 673
9 38.91 STRAIGHT past Cook Rd (at artillery gun) 330 150 682
**Old covered bridge and picnic area
0.2 mi on left
10 38.60 RIGHT on Route 7 250 135 673
11 36.58 Shays Rebellion battle monument, left 315 135 679
12 35.96 EGREMONT -> SHEFFIELD 315 135 692
Sheffield Rd becomes South Egremont Rd
13 34.41 MERGE FROM LEFT onto Sheffield Rd 340 135 702
**SIDE TRIP 2 rejoins route
14 34.27 BEAR LEFT onto Button Ball La 350 165 722
**SIDE TRIP 2: STRAIGHT on 23-41
15 33.97 GREAT BARRINGTON -> EGREMONT 080 260 728
16 32.72 HARD RIGHT onto Rte 23-41 290 260 768
**SIDE TRIPS 3,4 rejoin route
17 32.51 LEFT on Rte 71 005 110 741
18 31.66 Green River -- swimming holes 020 160 712
19 31.04 Albert Schweitzer Center 010 190 682
20 30.42 RIGHT on Hurlbert Rd 315 250 712
**SIDE TRIP 3: Straight on Alford Rd
21 28.79 ALFORD -> GREAT BARRINGTON 330 150 787
??? Rd becomes Alford Rd
22 28.24 BEAR LEFT toward Great Barrington 355 145 784
23 27.99 BEAR RIGHT at town center 345 170 853
24 27.78 BEAR LEFT at triangle 310 100 850
WEST STOCKBRIDGE -> ALFORD
25 23.27 STRAIGHT onto West St 040 220 1030
26 22.65 RIGHT onto Wilson Road 010 250 1122
27 21.79 STRAIGHT past West Alford Rd on right 010 180 1142
28 20.01 CURVE TO LEFT at triangle, still on 090 190 974
West Center St
29 19.46 LEFT on West Center St 055 240 909
30 17.91 BEAR LEFT on Rte 102 135 270 922
**SHORTCUT goes north on Rte 41
31 17.68 LEFT, still on Rte 41-102 170 270 919
32 17.34 STRAIGHT on Rte 41-102 140 320 945
33 16.56 STOCKBRIDGE -> WEST STOCKBRIDGE 120 300 1030
34 15.16 West Dale Rd on left (dirt road) 120 300 919
**SIDE TRIP 5 rejoins route
35 14.82 LEFT on Route 102 185 300 951
**Berkshire botanical garden just to
right on Rte 102
36 14.51 BEAR LEFT onto Lukeman La 195 340 889
37 14.01 RIGHT on Rte 183 at main museum entrance 135 030 873
38 13.24 BEAR RIGHT onto Butler Rd; over bike- 080 300 853
ped bridge into Rockwell Museum
39 12.88 STRAIGHT onto Middle Rd/Glendale Rd 110 290 853
where 102 turns right. Indian burial
ground monument on left after turn
40 12.49 STRAIGHT past Rte 7 on left 110 290 830
**SIDE TRIP 4: left on Rte 7;
**SIDE TRIP 5: right on Pine St
41 11.36 Old paper mill complex on left 080 260 843
LEE -> STOCKBRIDGE just after mill
42 10.84 Meadow St on right 090 255 856
**SIDE TRIP 6 rejoins from Meadow St
43 9.01 RIGHT on Rte 102 345 220 869
44 8.47 **Side Trip 6: left on Lois St 315 135 919
45 7.69 RIGHT on Marble St 245 175 892
**SIDE TRIP 7: rejoins route
46 7.52 LEFT on Stockbridge Rd 345 085 1024
47 6.56 RIGHT on Spring St 315 195 1014
48 5.16 LEFT on Summer St 000 090 1066
LEE -> STOCKBRIDGE before turn
49 4.89 MERGE FROM RIGHT on Rte 7; LENOX -> 330 180 1106
STOCKBRIDGE -> LENOX before turn
50 4.19 **Left and cross Rte 7 at signals to 000 180 1129
Edith Wharton home, "The Mount"
51 3.03 STRAIGHT at green onto Stockbridge Rd 015 195 1289
52 2.94 STRAIGHT past Housatonic St. on left 015 195 1230
**SIDE TRIP 7: turn left
53 2.84 MERGE FROM RIGHT onto Rte 7A 345 195 1230
54 2.22 MERGE FROM RIGHT at fork; Under Mountain 280 100 1171
Road becomes Cliffwood St
55 0.00 NORTH on Under Mountain Rd from Rte 000 1096
183 at Tanglewood
**Berkshire North tour connects here
from Rte 183
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