An advantage of hiking to VT Highway 9
If you hike to Vermont Highway 9, you can actually ride a bus from the AT Parking Lot into Bennington,
https://www.greenmtncn.org/emerald-line.html
and from there to several other places, including Williamstown MA
https://www.greenmtncn.org/benn-will...wn-purple.html
From Williamstown you can ride still another bus towards North Adams
https://berkshirerta.com/plan-your-t...te-3-schedule/
including the parking lot along Massachusetts Highway 2, aka Mohawk Trail.