Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
THE BERKSHIRE HILLS BECKONl
SEEKERS OF NATURAL CHARM
Routes Listed for Motorists to Country Of
Tumbling Water Falls, Mountain
Lakes and Forests.

The Berkshire Hills, in Western Mas
sachusetts. is a region of such great
charm that motorists who have once
made a trip into this section come back
season after season. Here Is q country
of tumbling waterfalls. of mountain
lakes surrounded by forests. of broad
valleys and winding rivers, OF sunlit
slopes and shady villages. and with the
primary factor of good roads, so i'm
portant to the motorist. Detailed d.
rections to New York are unnecessary.
Route l out of washington Is plainly
marked.
Three Main Roads
Fine scenic highways run into the
Berkshires from all directions. From
New York there are three main roads
that are generally used. according to
the Automobile Club Of America-the
Harlem Valley Road. the one up the
Housatonic Valley and the Albany Post
Road to Poughkeepsie, and then through
Millbrook.
For the first named. at the present
time to avoid the construction between
White Plains and Bedford, the Bronx
River Parkway and its extension should
be followed out of the city up into
Westminster County. coming into Pleas
dIitND1C. lnphbb kAASAp
Katonah to Brewster. Then follow
route % through Patterson. Pawling
and Dover Plains to Armenia. Here
swing of to the right, cutting across
the northwestern portion of Connecticut
through what is called the lake dis
trict," running via Sharon, 1akev1llt
and Salisbury to Canaan.
For the Housatonic Valley Road, take
the Hutchinson River Parkway exit
from the city and run to Westchestel
avenue. the parkways present end
Turn right and run to Port Chester
Then follow the shore road through
| Greenwich. Stamford, to Norwalk. Here
turn north on route 7, following 1t tc
Danbury, and from here up into the
river valley. running via New Milford
and Falls Village to Canaan.
For the route along the Hudson
take Riverside drive and Broadway out
of the city and then follow the Albany
Post Road. route 9. from Yonkers north
| through Tarrytown, Ossinging, Peek
skill and Wappingers Falls to Pough-
| keepsie. Here turn east through Pleas
| ant Valley, Washington Hollow and
Mil1brook to Armenia, then over tt
Canaan.
Leaving Canaan. route is followed
| across the Connecticut line into Massa.
chusetts and straight northward iltC
| the Berkshires. First comes Sheffield
with the steep wall of Mount Everett
| or THE Dome" as 1t Is called, on the
west, the second highest mountain In
the State. Next comes Great Barring
| ton, the business center Of the south.
ern portion of this region and one o.
| its great resorts. Then comes Stock.
| bridge, with its wide elm-arched Matr
street, another popular resort.
Lenox a Favored Place.
Next comes Lenox. long a favoritl
| Summering place for society: theI
Pittsneld, the business center for tn,
northern section and a favorlte step
| ping point for motorists. Going out o
Pittsfield, Pontoosuc Lake, lovely bod.
of water, Is passed, and then the las
town in the region is WiliiamStown
the home of williams College. Grey
lock. the crown of the Taconic rang
and the highest mountain in Massa
chusetts, lies to the right OF the nigh
way.
From Bridgeport and New Haven, Oh
the shore, an attractive route up int
the Berkshires lies up the Naugatucl
Valley. This is reached from eithe
town by way of Derby, seymour, Nau
gatuck, Waterbury, and then up through
the Litchfield Hills, via TorTington ant
Norfolk. to Canaan, then northwars
along route Z to Williamstown.
A very attractive round trip can b
made by putting the car on board
boat in New York in the evening
and taking a night sail through thu
sound and the Cape Cod Canal up Il
Boston. The boat gets in early in tbs
morning, and you can then start ou