New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-31
Through Berkshire Country
To Willinn,sto,Un, Good Trip
This College Town Makes
Good Point of Departure
for Many Short Tours
i'm Charming District
By @. NJ. Wells
Chief Roadman the Automobile CLUB
Of America


Of America
Good roads radiate In sll directions
from Williamstown, Mass, and the geo
graphical situation oil the town is ideal
for motorists wishing to locate center
from which to make one-day trips
through the charming scenic country
of western Massachusetts.
There are SO many of these short
motor trips that start from Williams
town and cover from seventy-fve to
hundred miles each that the motorist
can make S run each day for two weeks
without going over the same road twice.
The Bureau of Tours of the Automo-
bile Club of America for this weeks
tour provides a description of the run
to Williamstown from New York City
and supplements this with an outline of
few OF the many enjoyable side trips.
All the trunk lines going north to
Williamstown from New York are in
excellent condition at the present time,
excepting for few short stretches that
are now in the process of construction.
The most direct route is to follow the
inside trunk line to the Berk shires by
going to Dobbs Ferry, then through
Briarcliff, Yorktown Heights, Carmel,
Pawling, Armenia, Sharon, Lakeville and
Salisbury to Canaan, where the Naugua-
tuck Valley route is joined, then con-
tinue north through Sheffield, Great
Darlington, Stockbridge, Lenox Pitts
field and North Adams to Williamstown,
176 miles.
The Naugatuck Valley route is very
popular and never in better condition
than at present. There are two ways
to reach the Naugatuck Valley, one
along the shore road through New Ro-
chelle, Rye, Stamford, Norwalk and
bridgeport to Stratford and then north
through Shelton, Derby, Seymour and
Naugatuck to Waterbury; the other
route, not quite so congested with
heavy traffic. runs north to White
Plains, then through Armonk, Bedford,
South Salem, Rdgefeld, Danbury, New
town, Southbury and Middlebury to
Waterbury. From Waterbury go north
and join the Berkshires trunk line
through Thomaston, Torrington and
Norfolk to Canaan.
The Albany Post Road can be fol-
lowed through Poughkeepsie, Hudson
and Rensselaer, to Troy, where the
cross connection can be made from
Poughkeepsie through Milbrook to
Armenia, and from Hudson through
Hillsdale and South Egremont to Great
Darlington. From Valatie, through
Chatham, State Line to Stockbridge and
Lenox: From Albany, through Nassau
and West Lebanon over Lebanon
Mountain to Pittsfeld. From Troy,
either via Hancock and South Williams
town or through Hoosick and Benning-
ton south to William stown
Picturesque Side Trips
The Mohawk Trail always makes an
attractive and popular motor route.
The start is made from Willamstown
and the road follows east through
North Adams and over the trail to
Greenfield, which is just thirty-eight
miles from Willianstown and an ex-
cellent place for luncheon stop. The
return can be made by retracing this
road, which gives the view quite diff
ferent aspect. 4 change can be made
by running south along the Deerfeld
River to Deerfeld, then west through
Conway and Ashfeld to Litha From
Lithia go west through Cummington,
West Cummington, East Windsor
Windsor and Dalton to Coltsvile AMI
there turn north through Berkshires,
Cheshire and Adams to North Adam
and back to Williamstown
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