The New York herald., 1922-05-28
ZINE MOTOR TRIP
OYER MOHAWKTRAIL
Expert A. G. A. Road Man Has
Outlined & Picturesque
Holiday Journey.

The Mohawk Trail. the most famous
scenic road in New England. was opened
by the State Highway Commission Of
Massachusetts in the fall Of 1914. The
road follows very closely the old Mo-
hawk Trail of the Indian days and runs
from Williamstown to Greenfield. form
ing the most direct route between Al
bany, New York and central Boston
Within the last week the chief road
man of the Automobile Club OF America
Bureau of Tours inspected route No. 4.
from Troy to Boston. and he has outlined
a trip from New York which includes
this historic trail.
Starting from New York alternate
routes are available to Waterbury. Conn.,,
one via the Boston Post road through
New Rochelle, Rye, Greenwich. Stam-
ford. Norwalk and Bridgeport and up
the Naugatuck Valley through Seymour
to Waterbury; the other is through
White Plains, Bedford. Ridgefield and
Danbury to Waterbury. TIE latter goes
through several picturesque villages in
a scenic section less congested than the
former route.
Details of the trip are as follows:
From Columbus Circle. New York,
30 through Central Park to 10th street.
then north on Seventh avenue to 138th
street, turn right across bridge over
Harlem River, two blocks beyond turn
sharp left into Mott avenue, which be-
comes the Grand Concourse. and follow
to the end. II the shore road Is to be
taken righ. turn should be made into
Fordham road, which leads to the Pei
ham Parkway. On reaching the end Of
the Concourse bear right into road
that runs diagonally across Mosholu
Parkway. At reservoir turn left into
it,t, xuyl,t
tral avenue. Just beyond Woodlawn
Cemetery turn sharp left into the new
Bronx Parkway which is finished as far
as Mount Vernon. Turn right into
Yonkers avenue, pass station. go up hill.
at top of hill turn left into West LIN
coin avenue about a half mile beyond,
turn left into Columbus avenue, which
Is the White Plains Post Road. and fol-
low through White Plains. Go out of
White Plains by North Broadway and
continue along the east shore of Kensico
Reservoir. then on through Armonk and
Bedford to Cross River. Turn right in
Cross River and about one mile beyond
again turn right and follow, hard sur
faced road through Ridgefeld. Dan
bury, Newton. Southbury, then over the
Middlebury hill to Middebury to Water
bury. On leaving Waterbury and the
Naugatuck Valley the route goes over
Southington Mountain and enters the
beautiful Quinnipiack Valley. At the
foot of the mountain at Milldale the
route turns north up the valley, going
through Southington. Plainfield and
Pennington, entering the Connecticut
Valley at Hartford, the Capitol city of
Connecticut. From Hartford the route
continues up the valley on the east side
pr the river to Springfield there cross
ing the river and continuing north on
the west side of the river through Hol-
yoke, giving an excellent view of Mount
Tom. passing through Northampton,
where Smith College is located. Con-
tinue up the valley through the pic
turesque villages of West Hatfield and
Deerfield to Greenville. one of the most
beautiful towns in New England. the
junction point for two prominent trunk
ines No. 2 and No. T. Greenfield has
Excellent hotel accommodations and Is
convenient point from which to
radiate.
pGreenfield is located at the eastern
end of the Mohawk Trail. Starting frcm
Greenfield there is an excellent ccn-
crete road for the first seven miles, With
p grade not over per cent. The views
are magnificent. From there On over
The trail there are alternating stretches
81 up and down grade, with ever chang
ng views of valleys and mountains sll
the way to North Adams and Williams
town i'm the valley of the Hoosac.
The return trip to New York can be
started there from Williamstown or
North Adams, running south tc~ Pitts
fled. the largest city in the Berksh!fes.
and continues south through tho popu-
lar and interesting towns of Lcnox,
Stockbridge and Great Darlington, IN
the valley of the Housatonic From
Great harrington the route continues
south through Sheffield. Ashley Fails
and Canaan, then through East Canaan
to Norfolk. picturesque and typical
New Englsnd village. There ire two
ways from Norfolk TO reach Naugatuck
valley. one via Winsted to Torrington