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[http[Category://wwwResources]]Hopkins Forest is a 2500 acre reserve extending into Massachussets, Vermont, and New York.williams There are 15 miles of hiking trails; most popular are a 1.edu/CES/hopkins6 mile lower loop and a 2.htm Here6 mile upper loop that start just past the [[#Rosenburg Center|Rosenburg Center]]. Bicycles are prohibited. These trails are groomed for [[cross-country skiing]] in the winter (when there's sufficient snow), though they can be dangerous in icy conditions for inexperienced skiiers because of the link to the Hopkins Memorial Forest]long downhill stretches. ==How to Get ThereGetting there==
From the Williams Campus, go north on Route 7. Turn left on Bulkley Street (0.3 miles past the rotary); follow Bulkley Street for 0.75 miles until it ends at the junction with Northwest Hill Road. Turn right onto Northwest Hill Road. The entrance to the forest is 100 yards down the road and is marked by a wooden sign.
:Estimated walking time: 15-25 minutes
:Estimated driving times: 5 minutes
*The Rosenburg Center is the main building just inside the entrance to the forest and hosts many of the events that take place in the forestofficial [http://www.williams.edu/CES/hopkins. The htm Hopkins Memorial Forest sponsors many events throughout the year that are open to the public, usually for free, and are announced in Page] on the [[Daily MessagesCenter for Environmental Studies]] or by the CES listserve. Especially popular are the Hopkins Memorial Forest Fall Festival, with demonstrations in making apple cider, wood splitting, and the Maple Syrup Festival. There are also opportunities to participate in banding owls, finding salamanders and frogs, and animal trackingwebsite.