The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-15
Automobile Club of America
Outlines Plans for 1000
Mile Trip
BRATTLEBORO AMONG
TOWNS TO BE VISITED
Route Would Be Up the Connecticut
Valley and from Here to Lake Suna-
pee, Lake Champlain and Other At
tractive Scenic Sections.

The tour outlined by The Automobile
club of America covers a little over, a
thousand miles of road that on the
whole, presents a very high average of
good surface, and traverses some of the
most scenic sections of Connecticut and
Massachusetts, and goes through the most
beautiful parts of the Green mountains of
Vermont
From. New York the opening portion
OF the tour covers the familiar Boston
Post road, along the shore of Long Is
land sound to Bridgeport, and by the Nan
gatuck valley, to Waterbury, 81 miles from
New York, continuing thence over South
Ington mountain to Hartford The valley
OF the Connecticut river is followed north
through Windsor Locks and HoIyoke to
northampton, making a run from New
! ork OF l59 miles into the heart of Mas
sachusetts
! pretty run of 80 miles beyond North
ampton. the route proceeding through the
! Deerfields to Greenfield and across the
river to Mortified, and we soon pass the
state line into New Hampshire. Then run
= to Brattleboro on the Vermont side of the
I
! and Westminster; few miles further on
and we turn to the east for visit to the
village OF Walpole New Hampshire. then
back west to the main route again and
north to Claremont where a run east is
made TO Lake Sunapee, l0S miles from
Northampton.
Returning to the main road at Clare
mont, the route crosses again into Yer
mont and runs north to White River
junction, from which charming side
run leads west to Woodstock 10 miles
from Sunapee with a connection through
The mountains to Rutland From White
River junction, the upper Connecticut
VALLEY is followed on the New Hampshire
side OF the river to Bethlehem, beautifully
situated amidst the foothills of the White
mountains, ia miles from Sunapee
| At St Johnsbury, Is miles west of Beth
Jehem, the route divides One section leads
Through the marble quarry section of the
Green Mountains by way of Montpelier
to Burlington, the state capital, 70 miles
from st. Johnsbury, while another pene.
trates the densely wooded hills and val
leys, for which northern Vermont is ia
fnous, as it strikes northwest for IS miles
to 1t. Adams A third road, continue
ton OF the main tour proceeds north
Isklrting pretty Nilloughby lake and swings
, west, just south of the Canadian frontier
through Derby to Newport on Lake Mem
phremagog From this point, a south
lwesterly direction is followed through the
lnorthern spurs of the Green mountains t.
St Adams and Burlington. completing {
. magnificent run of l43 miles from Bethle
hem
number of short tours in the vicinity
| of Lake Champlain may be taken from boil
| Burlington and St Adams. the trip t,
| Plattsburg. by way Of the Hero Islands
| or via Swanton, offering exceptional at
| fractions, while an excellent service o
| steamers provides a pleasant method o
| visiting various points of beauty and in
| terest on the lake shore and Of viewing it
unique scenery. Montreal and other point
1 across the international boundary are con
venently reached from Burlington an
| st Adams
/ The homcward portion of the tour start
south, with a run of 50 miles throug
pleasant foothills country to Rutland an
amidst the Green mountains to Manche
ter, l03 miles from Burlington \ sectio
| of country as rich in historic record as
| natural scenery is then traversed "
| SALISBURY, Remington and Pownal an
across the state line to Williamstown an
thence to Pittsfeld and Lenox, located
. the beautiful Berkshire hills region
- Western Massachusetts
Stockbridge, Great Darlington and She
id field are passed through as the route d
lg acends the pretty Housatonc valley, IL
fe Connecticut line being crossed at Canaa
III and the river followed south through No
folk. Torrington and Thomaston en-. rou
to Waterbury, making a distance Of
miles from LenoN. From Waterbury Il