"MCLA not only gave me a great education in the classroom, it also gave me a chance to learn outside of the classroom. Whether it was on the baseball field, in the community, or working with different clubs and organizations MCLA gave me the chance to grow as a person. I use both my classroom and non-classroom education every day that I’m at work. I have to learn in every situation that presents itself, day after day. The meetings I attend are just like the small classroom settings at MCLA and allow me to feel comfortable. I prepare for those meetings just like I did for a test or a baseball practice. MCLA made me a better person. I feel more confident as a person with my MCLA degree."

Shaun Richards ’03
Operations Assistant, Miami Dolphins
Directions & Weather

Campus Map

Weather in North Adams

FROM ALBANY, NEW YORK AND WEST

  • 87 north

  • 787 north / east (in Albany)

  • 90 east

  • Route 43 north / east (either the first or second exit off of 90) Stephentown

  • you will be on this for about 45 minutes

  • At the end of 43 in Williamstown, MA take a right onto route 2 east  

  • A couple miles into North Adams you will take a right onto route 8A (go down the hill toward the Holiday Inn)

  • Go through the first light and take a right immediately after the Holiday Inn onto American Legion Drive

  • At the end of this take a right at the light onto Ashland

TO THE COLLEGE

  • take a left after the Citgo onto Blackington Street

  • take a right onto Montana 

  • the campus center is on the left

TO THE ZAVATTARO ATHLETIC COMPLEX (soccer, softball, baseball, tennis)

  • Follow for about 3 miles (you will go under a railroad bridge)

  • You will see a cemetery on your right, take a left onto West Shaft Road

  • Go all the way to the top and you will see the fields on your left

DIRECTIONS FROM NORTHERN HALF OF MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND

  • route 2 west (Mohawk Trail)
  • it's about 45-50 minutes from the rotary in Greenfield to North Adams
  • follow route 2 right into North Adams

TO THE ZAVATTARO ATHLETIC COMPLEX (soccer, softball, baseball, tennis)

  • 1.7 miles from the hairpin take a left onto West Shaft Road
  • you will see the fields on the right

TO THE SCHOOL

  • at the light (McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts are on the right), 3.6 miles from the hairpin, take a left onto Eagle Street (8A) - you will see signs to the college
  • at the end of Eagle Street take a left onto Main Street
  • bear right at rotary onto Church Street
  • take a right onto Blackington Street (Admissions is on the corner)
  • take a left onto Montana and the Campus Center will be on your left

DIRECTIONS FROM SOUTHERN HALF MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND:

  • Interstate 91 north to exit 19 (Amherst)

  • at the lights go straight toward Look Park (route 9 Truck route)

  • continue straight through the next 2 sets of lights

  • at the end of this road (Look Park will be in front of you) take a right onto route 9 west

    • Williamsburg is the last place to get gas and food for about 30 minutes.

  • you will be on this for about 35-40 minutes

  • in Windsor take a right onto 8A (toward Savoy) there is a Gulf on the corner

  • at the end of 8A take a left onto route 116 (toward Adams)

  • 4.4 miles down take a right onto Henry Wood Road

    • If by chance you miss this just keep going into Adams and pick up route 8 north to 8A.

  • at the end of this road take a right back onto 8A

TO THE ZAVATTARO ATHLETIC COMPLEX (soccer, softball, baseball, tennis):

  • a half mile up route 8A take a right onto West Shaft Road (across from the cemetery)

  • the fields are at the top of the hill on the left

  • there are only bathrooms up there (training facilities and locker rooms are down on campus

TO THE SCHOOL:

  • continue past West Shaft Road

  • at the fork take a right onto Church Street

    • Bus drivers please note:

    • bridge height is 12’6” left at the  fork (staying on 8A) the bridge height is 13’6” and will bring you out at the opposite end of Blackington Street, but the turn is tight and has street parking on both sides

  • once on campus, about a mile up, take a left onto Blackington Street

  • take a left (the library is on your left)

  • you will see the campus center on your left

  • there is a driveway just past the main stairs to the campus center – you can park in there temporarily

  • (otherwise you can use the parking lot on the right just after the Campus Center or any available street parking)

  • training room is through the double brown doors, straight down the hall, at the end on your left

  • locker rooms – take a left just inside the doors and the locker rooms are on the right (men’s is the first door on the right and the women’s is almost at the end of the hallway)

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