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[[Category:Guides]]
Similar to the very successful [[Guide to Hiking]], which is basically a local trail guide, we could use a guide to open waters near Williams -- a guide to good places for swimming, tubing, kayaking, ice fishing, and anything else that has been done or attempted. Please help out with what you know or have heard of!
'''Getting to the Green River''' Directions to the part most used for watersports, by the playground.
:''By car.'' travel Travel east on Route 2 until you get to Water Street. Make your first left past the firehouse, over a short bridge. You'll see the playground; park just past it.
:''By foot from the Odd Quad.'' Walk behind [[Fitch]], past [[Spencer Art Studio]] and down the driveway behind it, to Water Street. Cross Water Street; the river is ahead of you. Turn right and walk to a short bridge over the water.
:''By foot from the Odd Quad, take 2: The Shortcut.'' Walk down the path on the steep hill behind Driscoll. At the base of the hill, turn left and walk between the two faculty art studio buildings to the left of the energy plant. Go down the stairs (you have entered the B&G Zone!), and proceed crosswise over the large gravel lot toward Water Street. The entrance to Linear Park (the aforementioned bridge) is directly across the street.
:''At the playground.'' Look for many well worn dirt trails leading through the trees, down a steep slope to the river. The most popular area is accessed by the trail near the stone barbecue grill.
'''Getting to the Green River''' Directions to the secluded part, by the cemetarycemetery.
:''From the playground.'' Instead of taking a dirt trail down to the river here, walk away from Water Street, past the playground parking lot, and follow a badly paved and dirt road that leads into the back of the cemetarycemetery. Walk through the cemetarycemetery, keeping the forested area that lines the river on your left. After making a huge U, roughly three-quarters of a huge circle, you should come to a grassy area next to some Staghorn Sumacs and a stone wall. There will be a somewhat hidden beaten path to the stone wall. It leads to a doorlike hole in the wall, through which lies the promised waters.
== The Hopper Swimming Hole ==
When you're done enjoying yourself, continue following the path in the same direction, and you will end up on a street just behind the Spirit Shoppe.
Note: this path is also a very nice place to rungo [[running]].
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