The homes and forests give way to open fields soon afterward, and the rolling terrain follows NY 157A into the adjacent town of Berne. Here, the number of homes alongside the highway rises as it approaches Warner Lake, a small waterbody northwest of the hamlet of East Berne.
The dwellings and woods are soon supplanted by open lands, and the undulating landscape continues along NY 157A into the town of Berne. As one nears Warner Lake, a small waterbody northwest of East Berne, the number of houses on the highway rises.