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There are lots of great places to run nearby, and you don't have to be on the [[Cross Country Running|cross country]] or [[Nordic Ski Team|ski team]] to enjoy them. Here is a good mix of both tried-and-true runs and lesser-known runs. All distances depend on where you start on campus; routes can vary in distance by up to a mile depending on whether you start at [[Carter House|Carter]] or [[Fitch House|Fitch]]. Routes are ordered from shortest to longest.
==Lasell Gym Upstairs Fitness Center Treadmills==
A great place to run when its cold and/or wet outside.
==Runs from Campus==
===Ide===
Clockwise: Run down Water Street for about a mile and a half until you see Ide on the right side of the road. Go up the hill and follow the road until it intersects another road in a T at the bottom of the hill; turn right and go past the edge of the golf course, until it takes you past the [[Clark Art MuseumInstitute|Clark]] and finally to the traffic circle to find you back at campus.
Counter-clockwise: Go to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art MuseumInstitute|Clark]]. Follow this road until you see Ide going up a steep hill on your left, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 at the bottom of a hill in a T, turn left and end up on Water Street.
Distance: 3 miles
===Gale===
Clockwise: Run down Water Street for about a mile and a half until you see Gale on the right side of the road, about 100 meters after Ide. Go up the hill and follow the road past the edge of the golf course, until it takes you past the [[Clark Art MuseumInstitute|Clark]] and finally to the traffic circle to find you back at campus.
Counter-clockwise: Go to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art MuseumInstitute|Clark]]. Follow this road past the golf course, up a hill and down the other side, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 in a T, turn left and end up on Water Street.
Distance: 3.2 miles
===Stone Hill Loop===
Run to the [[Clark Art Institute|Clark]] and find the trail continuing through the woods behind the museum and to the left. The trail heads up a significant hill before forking at the top. The trail to the right meanders and empties onto Stone Hill Road (more like a wide trail). Continue to the [[Stone Bench]]. From there one can continue on the path or turn left to run through the meadow. Both ways lead back to the museum.
Distance: 4 miles ?
===Cozy Corner===
Distance: 5.6 miles
===Gale-Blair===
Go up Rt. 2 to the traffic circle and turn left, towards [[Garfield House|Garfield]] and the [[Clark Art Institute|Clark]]. Follow this road past the golf course, up a hill and down the other side, and then when you intersect Rt. 43 in a T, turn right and follow it for about half a mile, until you see Blair Road on your left. Blair is paved for about 100 meters, then turns into dirt and goes up three hills in a row, culminating in a gorgeous view across fields to the beautiful mountains and the little college in the valley. Then it's all downhill. When you meet Rt. 2 in a T, turn left, which will bring you right back to campus. Fun fact: [[Diana Davis]] once did this run three times in a row, without stopping.
Distance: 5.9 miles
===Pine Cobble===
Distance: 6 miles
===Hopkins Special===
===Stone Hill===
Go down Water Street for about two miles until you see a steep road called Scott Hill Road on your right. Go up the hill and after a few hundred meters you will see a road to your right. This turns into dirt and becomes more like a trail. Follow this road until you get to [[Stone Bench]]. Then either go straight or turn left; both ways take you down the hill with the cows to the [[Clark Art MuseumInstitute|Clark]]. '''Remember to latch the gates behind you.''' Turn left out of the Clark driveway, which will take you to the traffic circle and back to campus.
Distance: 7.5 miles (?)
===Bee Hill - Stone Hill===
Follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up, up, up Bee Hill (the hill is about a mile long, and quite steep). At the top of the hill, go straight across and down the trail on the other side (Old Bee Hill Rd: once a part of the Boston-Albany Turnpike, though upkeep on it by the town stopped in the 80's, and it has been returning to nature ever since). Take this for about a mile until you get to Berlin Mtn. Rd.; turn left (downhill) and follow Hemlock Brook down the mountain until you reach Oblong. Take a right here, go past the Novitiate Carmelite, and then a left onto Woodcock Rd. Follow this across Rt. 43, up Scott Hill Rd, and then a left onto Stone Hill Rd. at the top. At the top of the hill this turns into more of a trail than a road (although this is more of the previously mentioned Boston-Albany Turnpike). Follow the trail until you get to [[Stone Bench]]. Then either go straight or turn left; both ways take you down the hill with the cows to the [[Clark Art MuseumInstitute|Clark]]. '''Remember to latch the gates behind you.''' Turn left out of the Clark driveway, which will take you to the traffic circle and back to campus. See also: http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/us/ma/williamstown/973124121334553198 Distance: 8 miles
===Bee Hill-Blair===Follow the same start to Bee Hill-Stone Hill, but instead of turning onto Stone Hill Rd., run down the other side of Scott Hill Road until you hit Rt. 43. Distance: ?Turn left and run back towards campus. When you see Blair Road on your right, take it and run until you hit Rt. 2 again, roughly 2ish miles later. Take a left and run back to campus.
Distance: 10.5 miles
===Bee Hill - Oblong===
Great for those who prefer dirt roads. Follow Rt. 7 south for about half a mile until you see Bee Hill Road, a dirt road going uphill on the right. Go up, up, up Bee Hill (the hill is about a mile long, and quite steep). At the top of the hill, turn left and go about a half mile until you see Torrey Woods Road on the right. Take this for a very short time and then turn left on Oblong Road. Follow Oblong (which is all dirt) until you hit Rt. 43; turn left onto Rt 43, which will take you to [[Five Corners]]. There you can choose whether to take Rt. 7 or Rt. 43 back to campus; Rt. 7 is shorter but has more traffic.
Distance: ~25 miles (12-13 each way)
Distance: ~25 miles (but it feels like a lot more) ask Alex Ambros '09 [http://williams.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3903447] about details if you're interested.
==Runs to drive to==
Distance: 6+
Alternatively, you can do this as a run from campus. Head down Route 7 towards Vermont until you hit Bulkley Street, then run up into HMF. Go right to start the lower loop and take another right when you hit where the trails cross. About 1.5 miles after this turn, you'll see a trail off to your right (Birch Brook Trail) leading up the mountain (it is right before the big wooden bridge, and it has blue blazes). Follow this trail up for about 1.8 miles (this is a really hard climb, but it's fun too...) and when you get to the top take a left. You are now running along the Taconic Crest. Run along the crest for a little less than a mile, and take the next trail (Shepard's Well Trail) off to your left (If you hit route 2 you've gone too far, way too far). Follow this trail down until you come to a T with Route 2 immediately on your right and a short trail leading to a field on your left. Run toward the field and then through the field (watch out for snakes and check yourself for ticks after you've gotten through it). On the other side of the field is the RRR Brooks trail that you can follow all the way back to Bee Hill. This is a long, steep, often muddy, sometimes flooded, but wickedly awesome run.
All told the run is somewhere in the ballpark of 10-12 miles, but you're climbing for a good deal of it, so be sure to plan your time conservatively.
