Carriage Road Trail
Hopkins Memorial Forest
Williamstown, MA
Hunting | Hiking | Birding
Ford Glen Brook Trail Northwest Hill Road, Williamstown, MA
Managed by
Williams College
Part of
Hopkins Memorial Forest
Allowed Uses & Features
Information
- Free
- Parking
The dirt trail winding through the forest.
A dirt trail wandering through the woods.
A dirt trail winding through the forest.
- Public Land
- Private Land
- Bus Route
- Trail
- Major Trail
About Ford Glen Brook Trail
This is the trailhead for hiking trails on the eastern edge of Hopkins Memorial Forest. These trails are ideal for a short hike through a Western Massachusetts forest ecosystem. The Ford Glen Brook Trail, which leaves directly from the road, will take visitors alongside a small creek. Though the hiking trail begins as a wide pathway, it gradually narrows as it continues east.
On the left, visitors will eventually encounter the Hoosic River Trail: a 1-mile hike leading to the northeast corner of Hopkins Forest. Hikers on this trail will weave through large fern meadows, and they will soon be able to see the Hoosic River below. There are also plenty of wildlife-viewing opportunities along this pathway. During the springtime, this section of the forest becomes populated by spring wildflower species. Visitors will also hear many bird species singing in the forest canopy. Ultimately, the Hoosic River Trail ends at Wire Bridge Farm (still part of HMF), and visitors must return the way they came.
Visitors should park in the parking spaces available at the Hopkins Memorial Forest entrance, and walk 0.1 miles north along NW Hill Road to the Ford Glen Brook Trail entrance. Both paths are available for horseback riding between July 1st and October 15th, and only during dry conditions. While some other portions of HMF are open for deer shotgun season each fall, hunting is never permitted in the areas of HMF north or east of NW Hill Road (i.e., areas accessed by the Ford Glen Brook Trail and the Hoosic River Trail.
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Features- Accessible Parking
- Accessible Restroom
- Adaptive Device Trail
This site has a flat, gravel parking lot with no designated handicap spaces. There is very little aggregate material. The trailhead is in Hopkins Memorial Forest, and parking is at the main Hopkins parking lot. There is a flat dirt path that runs from the parking lot to the trailhead. This path, along with the Ford Glen Brook Trail itself, is 6 feet wide, flat, and even. The trail is made of dirt and grass. There are several trails that branch off the Ford Glen that are steeper and narrower. There is clear signage indicating these trails. There are accessible restrooms inside the lodge at Hopkins Memorial Forest.
The flat gravel parking lot.
The dirt path that leads from the parking lot to the trailhead.
The dirt Ford Glen Brook trail.
The road that leads to Hopkins Forest.
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