(Or feel free to get directions from mapquest by entering your starting address to the right.)
By PLANE
Closest Airport: Hartford/Springfield, CT: Bradley International Airport.To Get To Northampton, MA from Bradley International: Unfortunately Peter Pan bus line no longer offers service between Bradley Airport and Northampton, MA. Options to Northampton include:
Seemo Shuttle Service; Cost $40. Service hours: From 4:00 am to 1:00
am. Call 413-586-1120 between the hours of 8AM - 7PM (Mon-Sun) to make
a reservation. http://www.seemoshuttle.com
Valley Transporter; Cost: $45; Service hours: From 5:15 am to 12:30am. Call (413) 253-1350 to make a reservation.http://www.valleytransporter.com. (Valley Transporter can also drive directly to Earthdance. The fee for this is $80/person if shared with another rider. Single VIP transport is $170. )
Taxis from Bradley Airport to Northampton are around $88 and can be shared if others are arriving at the same time.
Please advise us of your Flight number, Airline and Airport Arrival time so we may coordinate connections to Earthdance where possible.
By TRAIN
Closest Train Station: Pittsfield, MA or Springfield, MA; Amtrak (800) 872-7245
or www.amtrak.com
To Get To Northampton, MA from Springfield:
Walk to bus station one block from train station and and take Peter Pan Bus
Lines: (800) 343-9999. To get to Earthdance from Pittsfield, call to arrange a pick-up.
By BUS
To Northampton, MA - Peter Pan Bus Lines (800) 343-9999 or www.peterpanbus.com
from Boston, approx. $35 each way; travel time: approx. 3 hours.
from New York, $38 - $41 each way; travel time: approx. 4 hours.
THE LAST LEG:
Northampton to Earthdance
Congratulations! You've made it to Northampton, MA, a welcoming New England town. Now you need to get 25 miles West on Route 9 to Plainfield. There are several options of how to get from Northampton to Earthdance:
PERSONAL PICK-UP:
Earthdance staff are sometimes available to do personal pick-ups. YOU MUST CALL AHEAD IF YOU WANT OUR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING FROM NORTHAMPTON TO EARTHDANCE! We will be most able to provide this transportation if we are informed at least 3 days prior to the requested pick-up. We charge $30 for one person, and $5 for each additional person and we will pick you up from the Haymarket Cafe, up the hill from the bus station and across Main Street. Please call ahead (413-634-5678) with your estimated time of arrival in Northampton, and call again on your day of travel if you are delayed. Other pick-up locations can be arranged, charges vary depending on location.
TAXIS
Northampton Taxi (at bus station): 584-6244; around $45; open until 11 p.m.
Paradise Cab: 584-0055; around $45; open until 11 p.m.
BY CAR TO EARTHDANCE:
Can you offer a ride to other participants? We encourage carpooling!
Let us know your expected arrival time so we can coordinate travel.
Earthdance Address:
252 Prospect Street, Plainfield, MA 01070
From the SOUTH and SOUTHEAST(Northampton, MA; Hartford, CT):
Take Interstate I-91 North to Northampton, MA. Take exit 19 and go straight
at the stoplight onto Damon Road. Go straight through the next stoplight onto
Bridge Road, which leads to Route 9 at Look Park.
Turn right and follow Route 9 West approximately 20 miles towards Pittsfield.
In Cummington, you will pass the turn-off to Route 112 South on your left. Stay on Route 9 for
3.2 more miles. Turn right on Packard Rd., which will turn into Prospect St. when it hits the Plainfield town line. The turn-off onto Packard Rd. isn't obvious, it's after Stage Rd and Beechwood Rd.
It's on the right, after a red house and a white house, and before a green house. If you get to West Cummington,
you've gone too far.
Proceed one mile up the hill. After the road flattens and straightens out, Earthdance is on the left, just after #262.
From the EAST(Boston, MA):
Take the MA Turnpike (I-90) West to Interstate I-91. Then follow directions in "From the SOUTH."
From the NORTH or NORTHEAST(Greenfield, MA):
Take Route 2 West to Route 112 in Buckland, MA. Follow Route 112 South to
Route 116 North in Ashfield (Note: for a short distance, Route 112 and Route
116 join and read as South and North simultaneously!).
When you turn right on Route 116 North, you will continue for eight miles.
After you pass through the village of Plainfield and head down a long hill, turn left on Prospect
Street. Go 2.5 miles, just past Mountain Road on the right, and turn into
the Earthdance driveway, the second driveway on the right after Mountain Rd..
From the WEST(Pittsfield, MA; Albany, NY):
Take Route 9 East out of Pittsfield. In Dalton, when you turn left onto North St to stay on Route 9,
you have 13 miles to go.
When you pass an "Entering Pioneer Valley" sign, it's exactly 2 more
miles.
Turn left onto Packard Rd, which will turn into Prospect St. when it hits the Plainfield town line.
The turn-off to Packard Rd. is hidden on the left. There's a "School Bus Stop Ahead" sign, then a "No Passing Zone"
sign. With little warning, there's another "School Bus Stop Ahead" sign
followed by the hidden turn-off to Packard on the left.
If you see Beechwood Rd or Stage Rd on the left, you've gone too far. If you backtrack to
West Cummington, you've backtracked too far.
Proceed on Packard/Prospect Street for one mile. When the road flattens and straightens out, Earthdance is
on the left, after #262.
Earthdance Address
252 Prospect Street
Plainfield, MA 01070
(413) 634-5678 contact@earthdance.net
