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GPS’s have been known to send people onto old, abandoned logging roads. Check your GPS route against the following:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Benedict+Center/@42.7442586,-72.221034,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7c53fb856b340b98!8m2!3d42.7442586!4d-72.221034" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find us on Google Places</a> | <a href="http://local.yahoo.com/info-10372738-st-benedict-center-richmond" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yahoo! Local</a> | <a href="#map">Map</a></p> <p>We are 1 ½ hours from the intersection of Route 128 (I-95) and the Mass Pike in Massachusetts. About 70 minutes from both Worcester and Springfield, Mass. And also about 70 minutes from Manchester and Nashua, N.H.</p> <p><strong>From Springfield and points South or West</strong> – Take the shortest route from your point of origin to Route 91 North. Proceed to the exit 50A (Northfield / Bernardston). <strong>Go toward Northfield on Route 10 North</strong>. Stay on Route 10 until it merges with Route 119 in Winchester NH. Take a right in order to remain on 119 . <strong>Stay on Route 119</strong> through the flashing light in Richmond. It is the junction of Route 32 and Route 119. Pass that intersection, remaining on 119. Tully Brook Road is exactly 2½ miles on the right. There is a sign on the right for Saint Benedict Center. There is also a Beaver pond on the left. Take a right onto Tully Brook Road and follow the signs, which will take you left onto Fay Martin Road, up the hill. The large Saint Benedict Center sign will be on the right, just where you turn to get to the Monastery.</p> <div>RULE OF THUMB: Do not turn onto a dirt road until you have already seen a Saint Benedict Center sign. 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