Old-growth woods are rare even in the Berkshires, which cut off 99.9 percent of its forests for timber, pulpwood and charcoal in the 19th century. We hiked Bullard into Gould Meadows a 3.5 mile loop around the outer perimeter marveling among the champion trees and taking a seat at every bench along Stockbridge Bowl.

Bullard Woods was once part of the East India merchant William Storey Bullard’s estate, Highwood, now part of Tanglewood. Bullard’s son Dr. William Norton Bullard (1853-1931) and his wife, Mary Reynolds Bullard (1865-1960), enjoyed the woods. She arranged to give it to the Stockbridge Bowl Association, with the stipulation it be maintained in its purity. Dr. Bullard was a neurologist for Boston City Hospital and collected early medical books. Mrs. Bullard was a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts.

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