Hikes and Walks in the Berkshire Hills

by Stevens, Lauren R.

• ISBN13: 9780936399034
• ISBN10: 0936399031
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-11-01
• Publisher: Berkshire House Pub

Author Biography

Lauren R. Stevens has hiked for 40 years in the Berkshires, and writes on environmental issues, recreation, and regional history

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Legend	p. 11
Introduction	p. 15
How to Use This Book	p. 19
Map of Towns	p. 22
Berkshire Access	p. 23
Transportation	p. 25
Lodging and Dining	p. 27
Safety	p. 28
Berkshire History	p. 33
South County
Mount Washington	p. 41
Hikes
Alander Mountain/Bash Bish Falls	p. 42
Mount Everett	p. 48
Sheffield	p. 52
Walks
Salisbury Road	p. 54
Bartholomew's Cobble/Ashley House	p. 54
Hike
Bear Mountain	p. 57
Egremont	p. 60
Walks
Baldwin Hill Road North and South	p. 60
Jug End	p. 61
New Marlborough	p. 63
Walks
Harmon Road	p. 63
Campbell Falls	p. 66
York Pond	p. 66
Monterey	p. 67
Walk
Diane's Trail	p. 67
Great Barrington	p. 68
Walks
River Walk	p. 70
Seekonk	p. 72
Benedict Pond	p. 72
Hike
Monument Mountain	p. 75
Tyringham	p. 78
Walk
Tyringham Cobble	p. 80
Stockbridge	p. 82
Walks
Ice Glen	p. 83
Bowker's Woods	p. 86
Prospect Hill	p. 87
Glendale	p. 87
Gould Meadows and Bullard Woods	p. 88
Central County
Lenox	p. 91
Walks
Kennedy Park	p. 93
Reservoirs	p. 93
Hike
Pleasant Valley/Lenox Mountain	p. 95
Richmond	p. 99
Walks
East Road	p. 99
Stevens Glen	p. 100
Peru	p. 102
Walk
Rice Sanctuary	p. 104
Chester	p. 106
Walk
The Keystone Arches	p. 107
Pittsfield	p. 109
Walks
Downtown	p. 111
Canoe Meadows	p. 115
Hike
Berry Pond	p. 115
Hancock	p. 120
Hike
Shaker Mountain	p. 121
Dalton	p. 126
Walk
The Boulders	p. 128
Wahconah Falls	p. 130
Windsor	p. 131
Walk
Windsor Jambs	p. 133
Hike
Notchview/Judge's Hill	p. 134
North County
Cheshire	p. 139
Walk
Ashuwillticook Trail	p. 139
Adams and Mount Greylock	p. 142
Walk
Duval Nature Trail	p. 148
Mount Greylock	p. 148
Walks
Overlook Trail	p. 148
Campground Trails
Stony Ledge	p. 149
March Cataract	p. 149
Deer Hill	p. 150
Mount Prospect from Notch Road	p. 150
Rounds' Rock	p. 150
Hikes
Cheshire Harbor Trail	p. 151
Bellows Pipe Trail	p. 156
The Hopper Trail	p. 160
Stony Ledge and Roaring Brook Trails	p. 163
Williamstown	p. 167
Walks
Mountain Meadow	p. 169
Stone Hill	p. 170
Sheep Hill/Fitch Trails	p. 174
Hikes
Berlin Mountain	p. 175
Pine Cobble and Broad Brook Trails	p. 180
RRR Brooks Trails	p. 186
The Dome	p. 192
North Adams	p. 195
Walk
The Cascades	p. 196
Florida and Savoy	p. 198
Walks
Borden Mountain and Tannery Falls, Savoy	p. 200
Hike
Spruce Hill	p. 203
Florida and Monroe: Tunnel and Turbine	p. 206
Hike
Dunbar Brook	p. 208
Walks for the Blind and Disabled
Great Barrington and Monterey
Beartown State Forest, Benedict Pond	p. 215
Becket
October Mountain State Forest, Finerty Pond	p. 217
Pittsfield
Pittsfield State Forest	p. 219
Berry Pond Area	p. 221
Washington
Warner Hill/Appalachian Trail	p. 223
Adams
Mount Greylock State Reservation, Mount Prospect	p. 224
Appendices
Hikes and Walks by Degree of Difficulty	p. 226
Long Hikes and Trail Systems	p. 230
Boots, Books, Maps, Packs	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 235
A Note on the Author	p. 236
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