To the Hawley Kiln Start / Finish area at the Fire Station Landmarks are good but the mileage marks
are somewhat off!!!!! Kiln (from Center of
Plainfield – 4 Way) Kiln - From Route 2 Mohawk
Trail in Charlemont Exit 91 North @ Exit 24, Deerfield Rt 5 & 10 (Head
North on 5/10/116 past Sugarloaf Shops) Pass Yankee Candle in about 8/10 of a mile, then you will
see the turn for Route 116 North to Conway and Ashfield at about 1.3 miles. 116 North 0.0 Mobil Station 1.5 Sign for entering Conway 3.0 Sign for "Festival of the Hills" 5.0 Downtown Conway 6.0 Pass Covered Bridge on left 6.8 Sign for entering Ashfield 9.5 Downtown Ashfield 13.3 Junction of Routes 116 & 112 14.2 (Go straight
through here onto Hawley Road) Intersection with Bear Swamp Road (Bear Right) 15.3 Bear Swamp Reservation 16.0 Intersection with Tatro Road (Bear left) 16.2 Intersection with Apple Valley (go straight) 16.5 Intersection with Brown Road (go straight) 17.5 Tee intersection with Old Stage Road (Bear Right) 18.1 Firestation 19.4 (Turn left and then right into parking area south of
Firestation)
HAWLEY KILN & NOTCH DIRECTIONS
tom mccrumm's better directions from Goshen --
Take Rte 112 north from Rte 9 in Goshen
Go 4.5 miles and then left on Rte 116 (just past the school)
Go 2.3 miles to sign for South Face Farm Sugarhouse
Turn right (Watson-Spruce Corner Rd), continue past South Face Farm
Sugarhouse, site of the post-Moody Springs feed in 3 weeks, go up to a 4 way intersection.
Continue straight thru intersection onto a gravel road (it will be plowed and sanded) and
bear left at the next intersection.
Continue another mile to the East Hawley Firehouse and parking lot for the race.
Mileage from Rte 116 to Kiln parking lot is @ 5 miles.
the old directions from Goshen --
Intersection of Route 9 & 112 in Goshen, MA 0.0
Sign for entrance to DAR State Forest 0.8
Tin Man on Right 1.9
Sign for entering Ashfield 2.0
Intersection Routes 112 & 116 4.8 (turn left onto 116)
Sign for South Face Farm Maple Sugar House 7.1
Corner 7.3
Sign for entering Plainfield 9.2
Town of Plainfield, 11.7
(intersection with Route 116 / North Central St / Main St / South Central)
Cemetery 12.0
Sign – Emu Chicks for sale (White Birch Ranch) 12.2
Turn at North & Union Streets 12.9
Intersection with Grant Street 14.0
Hawley / Plainfield Town Line 14.6
Intersection 15.5
Firestation 16.2
Kiln (from Center of Plainfield – 4 Way)
Town of Plainfield, 0.0
(intersection with Route 116 / North Central St / Main St / South Central)
Cemetery 0.3
Sign – Emu Chicks for sale (White Birch Ranch) 0.5
Turn at North & Union Streets 1.2
Intersection with Grant Street 2.3
Hawley / Plainfield Town Line 2.9
Intersection 3.8
Firestation 4.5
Kiln - From Route 2 Mohawk Trail in Charlemont
Blue Sign Berkshire East Ski Area / Turn at 8A South
GO Left at intersection / tee, towards Berkshire East
Intersection of South River Road and East Hawley Road 0.0
(turn right onto East Hawley Road)
Hawley / Charlemont Town Line 0.6
Fire Station 5.6