Thursday, July 03

This list is a compilation of places

to swim in Berkshire and Bennington

counties. Know of others? E-mail them

to news@advocateweekly. com. This

list will remain on our Web site,

advocateweekly.com, through the summer.

State parks

Benedict Pond, Beartown State Forest, Blue Hill Road, Monterey

Lulu Brook, Pittsfield State Forest, Cascade Street, Pittsfield

Mauserts Pond, Clarksburg State Park, Middle Road, Clarksburg

North Pond, Savoy Mountain State Forest, Central Shaft Road, Florida

Otis Reservoir, Tolland State Forest, Tolland Road, Otis

Windsor Jambs, Windsor State Forest, River Road, Windsor

York Lake, Sandisfield State Forest, York Lake Road, Sandisfield

(Above parks require a $5 day use/ parking fee, $35 season fee for Mass. residents or $45 nonresidents.)

Lake Shaftsbury, Shaftsbury State Park, Shaftsbury State Park Road, Shaftsbury, Vt.

Adams Reservoir, Woodford State Park, State Park Road, Bennington, Vt.

(Above park fees are $14/adults, $2/

children ages 4-13, free/children 3

and under.)

Town beaches, swimming holes

Ashmere Lake, state boat landing off of Smith Road, Hinsdale

Card Lake, West Stockbridge

Center Pond, Becket Town Beach, Becket (permit required)

Lake Garfield, Tyringham Road, off of Route 23, Monterey (free)

Lake Mansfield, Great Barrington (free)

Laurel Lake, Lee Town Beach, off of Route 7, Lee

Laurel Lake, Lenox Town Beach, Route 7, Lenox (permit required)

Margaret Lindley Park, off of Route 2, Williamstown (free)

Onota Lake, Burbank Park, Pittsfield (free)

Plunkett Reservoir, Longview Drive, Hinsdale (free)

Pontoosuc Lake, Pittsfield

Prospect Lake, Egremont (no public parking areas)

Umpachene Falls, New Marlborough

Richmond Pond, Richmond (permit required)

Stockbridge Bowl, Stockbridge Town Beach (permit required)

Stockbridge Bowl, Gould Meadows

Windsor Lake, intersection of Bradley Street and Kemp Avenue, North Adams (cost: $3/residents, $5/nonresidents)