The sun., 1918-08-18
VERMONT VALLEYS
LURE MOTORISTS
Trip Through Green Mountain
Country Is Rich With
Scenic Splendors.

This trip through the Green Mountain
country. outlined for motorists by the
Automobile Club Of America. lies
through a section rich in natural at
fractions, in historic memories and in
the necessarw element OF good roads.
Among the many peaks that rear the,r
heads along our journey arc Mounts
Killington and Mansfield. the Camel's
Hump. Mount Lincoln and Mount Jay.
Great forests Of hemlock, pine and
spruce cover the sides Of the mountains,
and give the mountain range and the
State. too. their appropriate names. In
the fertile valleys agriculture fiourishes
in many forms, and stock raising Is one
OF the principal activities.
The first section of our route leaves
New York via Central Park and Seventh
avenue to 145th street. where right
turn is made crossing the Harlem
River. turning left into Mott avenue.
which becomes the Grand Concourse,
and about a mile beyond right turn
is made into Fordham road, becoming
Pelham Parkway. which Is followed to
New Rochelle. The route continues
along the Sound through Larchmont,
Mamaroneck and Port Chester to Green
witch and on to Stamford. Norwalk and
Bridgeport. fifty-eisht miles from New
York. on all good. hard surface road.
Four miles beyond Bridgeport, at
Stratford. the route turns due north and
skirts the west shore OF the Housatonic
River to Shelton, where the bridge Is
crossed over the confluence of the Hou-
satonic and Naugatuck Rivers to Derby,
The Naugatuck Valley is followed
through Seymour and Beacon Falls to
Waterbury. ninety-one miles from New
York, one Of Connecticut's industrial
centres.
From Waterbury to Hartford and over
the Southington Mountain the road Is
good. the grades are easy and the view
from the summit over the Quinnipiac
Valley includes a wide expanse of Con-
necticut's most beautiful farmsteads.
Our route continues through southing-
ton. Plainville and Pennington to Hart
ford. the capital of Connecticut, 100
miles from New York.
On leaving Hartford the west side of
the Connecticut River is followed
through Windsor Locks and Suffield to
West Springfield. and we continue due
north along the river through the out
skirts of Holyoke to Northampton,
where we enter Connecticut's famous to-
bacco growing region. From this point
our route runs through Deerfeld to
Greenfield. from which many trips are
available. including the favorite run over
tho Mohawk Trail. We continue north
on the main line through Bernardston.
crossing the Connecticut River into
Eorthfeld. 216 miles from NeA York,
famous as the birthplace Of Dwight L.
Moody and now the home of the schools
he founded.
The route now passes through Hins-
dale. crossing the river into Vermont at
Brattleboro and then on through West
minister. where a side trip can be made
20 Walpole. charming summer resort.
We follow the Connecticut Valley
through Charleston to Claremont. from
which a short run east over good roads
will bring us to Sunapee Lake, a beauti-
full body Of water located in a $4,000
acre preserve.
After retracing our way west to Clare
mont we 20 north through the pictur-
esque villages of Cornish and Hartland
to Woodstock, an excellent stopping
point. From Woodstock the route
crosses the Connecticut River at White
River Junction and follows one of New
Hampshire's famous gravel State roads
through Woodsville. Lisbon and Fran
coma to Bethlehem. From Bethlehem
there is road which Is somewhat
shorter over the mountain through
Waterford to st. Johnsbury, but the
preferable way. including both good
roads and scenery. is via Twin Noun
tain to Jefferson, in the heart Of the
White Mountain region.
At Lancaster we Cross the Connec-
ticut River into Vermont again and
continue through Luneburg and North
Concord to st. Johnsbury. Motorists
who have the time to extend the trip
U-tl flxr ALL.
rugged country by running due north
through Lydanvilie and around VIII
loughby Lake to Newport, and thence
across to Burlington via Lowell and
johnson.
From st. Johnsbury the main route
runs through Winooski Valley. through
Montpelier. the State capital. and Wat
erbury, VT, to Burlington. From Bur-
lington many interesting side trips can
be taken by motor or by boat on Lake
Champlain. Excellent conditions are
available by boat to points In the Adj
rondack mountains.
South Of Burlington our main route
runs to Rutland via Shelburne Falls,
Vergennes. Middlebury and Brandon,
passing through charming country with
towns and villages typical of rural New
England. then on through the Otter
Creek valley to Manchester. where are
the championship links of the Ekwanok
Country Club.
From Manchester the route contin-
ues south through Bennington to Will
Jamestown, the picturesque site of Will
Jams College. The Berkshire Hills
are now haversed as the road leads
through Pittsfeld to Lenox and thence
through the Berkshires via Stockbridge
and Great harrington. crossing the Con-
necticut line at Canaan. thence down
the Naugatuck valley through Torring-
ton to Waterbury. returning to New
York via Danbury, Ridgefleld and Briar-
cliff.