New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
ITINERARY. MILEAGEs AND POINTS
OF INTEREST.
New York TO Poughkeepsie.
Day Runs


Rr;dce A25 Yorktown Heights, 400
Baldwin Place, $50 Lake Mahopac' $50
Carmel. 65.5 Luddingtonville, n.o
stormville. $50 Hopewell Church TO
Fishkill Plains, SIS New HackensacH'
500 Poughkeepsie.
Description and points Of interest
Follow Broadway to ionkers; PhillPse
Manor House, now a museum, one Oh
he most historic houses in the Hudson
valley: road 10 Irvington follows line
of river over Albany Post Road hrst
called Queen Ann Road, developed from
an Indian trail and one Of the early
b;cbways Of the United States. AT NV
inpton is Sunnyside, Washington NV.
ing's home; Tarrytown is the capitai OF
the Rip Van Wrinkle country and ourlal
rl.co Of Irving. At Tarrytown the
,outa turns away from the river 70
Rriarclf. one Of the show places OF
Westcbester County, and runs through
Tho western portion of the original
New York watershed, filled with Ine
hills. lakes and country seats AT YORK
+ovn Heights the tourist runs into the
hills of the Fishkill Mountains ana AZ
Carmel turns northwestward through
the eastern end of these mountains I"
Stormville. After leaving New HACK
erssck the route runs northwesteriy'
scross the head o, Wappinger Greek
hack 10 Poughkeepsie, on the HUDSON,
90, ~ Vassar College and scene OF
university boat races.
Poughkeepsie TO Lenox.
90 Poughkeepsie, 10 Pleasant Val
lev. 15.b Millbrook, 17.5 Mabbettsvllle'
2o5 Lithgow, 25.5 Armenia, $40 Miller
ton. $50 Lakeville, 400 Salisbury, 62'o
South Egremont, 56.5 Great Barring
ton. $40 stockbridge, 700 Lenox,
Description and points OF interest
From Poughkeepsie the route runs
eastward across the hills Of Duchess
County to Millbrook, at the junction OF
two valleys; cuts the northwest corner
of Connecticut through Lakeville, the
country home of William Travers Je-
roro. crosses the Massachusetts, line,
and enters the Berkshire Valley, pass
IN, MI Race and Mt Everett, the two
outlying sentinels Of the Berkshire
hills. 20 South Egremont. Great Bar
rington was the homo Of William Gull
len BRYANT. Leaving Great Barring
ton, the route crosses the Housatonlc
River and runs between Three Mile
Hill and Monument Mountain to Stock
bridge. an old Indian settlement and
now noted summer colony. The road
10 Lanox passes near Laurel Lake and
nv MANY fine estates. Lenox is consid-
cred the most fashionable colony in
the Berkshires.
Lenox to Saratoga Springs.
90 Leno1, s.6 Pittsfeld, 10 Shaker
Village. 10 New Lebanon, 2l.0 West
Lebanon, 800 Nassau, S5.5 Schodack
Centre, $40 East Greenbush, 42O
Rensselaer,, $40 Albany, 48.b Newton
willie. sos Latham's Corners. $50 Co.
hoes. $40 Waterford, 655 Mechanics
willie. 71.5 Maltaville, TAO Malta. $40
Saratoga Springs.
Description and points OF interest
There is a fine, direct road to Pitts
field. a historic but busy place. The
Longfellow house is Of particular in
terest. Shaker Village is just what
its name implies. 8 Shaker settlement.
with much history. The route now
winds up the Taghanic mountain,
crosses the New York State line and
passes through the Lebanons, with
magnificent views In all directions, TO
Albany. From the State capital the
route follows the ChRmplain canal,
crosses the Mohawk river at Cohoes
and continues between the canal and
the Hudson 70 Mechanicsville, thence
over a rolling country 10 Saratoga
Spr,ngs. the waters and wines OF
which have been famed for many years.
Saratoga Springs TO Chestertown.
90 Saratoga Springs, so Wilton, $50
South Glens Falls, 1870 Glens Falls, ESQ
Lake George, 345 Warrensburg. $50
Chestertown.
Description and points of interest:
The route runs direct 70 the manu-
featuring city Of Glens Falls. thence TO
Lake george, nameu lot MIX NNOi -
III and POLITICALLY termed Horizon by
Cooper. The ruins of the three old
forts, William Henry. George and Ed
ward, may be seen near the village.
The shores Of the lake abound in spots
of scenic and legendary interest From
the lake the new state highway runs
over a hill, crosses the Sehroon River
and continues 70 Chestertown.
Chestertown TO Lake Placid.
90 Chestertown, SD Pottersville. $50
Sehroon Lake. 275 Schroon River, 9e.b
Euba Mills, 500 Elizabethtown. $40
Keene, 77.5 Lake Placid
Description and points Of interest;
The FIRST point Of interest is Schroon
Lake. along which the route winds for
eight miles. The Schroon River is fol-
lowed. 10 an easy grade, descending
along Bouquet River TO Elizabethtown'
In the foothills Of the Adirondack.
The route turns west and ascends grad
ually 20 Keene, becoming sleeper as IT
approaches Cascade Lakes. On the
right Pitehoh Mountain is 10 view. and