Off Campus
The groceries, pharmacies, cash machines, and everyday errands within reach of the houses — with how long each takes on foot or by bike. Pick your house to get times from your own front door.
Walking and cycling times are estimates from straight-line distance, rounded to the nearest five minutes — treat them as a guide, not a promise. Ratings aren't shown — each name opens the place on our campus map, and its popup links out for directions and to the Google listing for live hours and reviews.
Groceries
State Street Fruit Store
The closest thing to a corner grocery — small, but near enough for a five-minute errand from much of campus.
Stop & Shop
Full-size supermarket up King Street. A PVTA stop sits right outside it, so it's an easy bus run with bags.
Coffee & Treats
Herrell's Ice Cream
A Northampton institution, and the answer to most questions that end with “shall we get something”.
Pharmacy & Health
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton's hospital, with the emergency department. Worth knowing before you need it.
CVS Pharmacy
The chain option right on Main Street, with the everyday-essentials aisles alongside the pharmacy counter.
Money & Mail
Main Street ATMs
Florence Bank, TD, M&T, Chase and Northampton Cooperative all sit within a couple of blocks downtown.
Getting Out of Town
Greyhound stop (Old South Street)
Greyhound picks up curbside on Old South Street by the Northampton Market convenience store — about a minute's walk from the Peter Pan terminal, and easy to mix up with it, so check which one your ticket says.
Peter Pan Bus Terminal
Intercity coaches leave from Roundhouse Plaza by Crafts Avenue — the bus counterpart to the train station, and the usual way to Springfield, Boston or New York. Tickets online; the counter is closed.
Everyday Errands
Foster Farrar True Value Hardware
Hardware, hooks, extension cords — the things house living quietly requires.
Northampton Bicycle
Bike shop for sales and repairs — worth it, given how much closer a bike makes everything.
Walmart
The big-box run for whatever a dorm room turns out to be missing — up on King Street next to Big Y, so a bike or the bus rather than a walk.
Books, Shops & Culture
Forbes Library
The public library, and the closest one to campus — films, events, and a library card that isn't Smith's.
Northampton Center for the Arts
Exhibitions, performances and classes in the arts district end of town.
Raven Used Books
Deep used stacks, and the better bet for a course book you'd rather not pay list price for.
Thornes Marketplace
Independent shops stacked through an old department store; the default "let's go downtown".
Music, Film & Nightlife
Academy of Music Theatre
Historic downtown theatre running films and live performances — the closest thing to a cinema, and an easy walk.
The Calvin Theatre
The big room in town: around 1,300 seats for the larger touring names, just round the corner from the Iron Horse.
Iron Horse Music Hall
The small room where touring folk, rock and indie acts have played since 1979 — a two-minute walk off Main Street.
Northampton Brewery
Brewpub tucked into Brewster Court, and a standard destination once you turn 21.
The Parlor Room
An intimate listening room of about a hundred seats on Masonic Street, with the cafe next door.
Everything A–Z
Academy of Music Theatre
Historic downtown theatre running films and live performances — the closest thing to a cinema, and an easy walk.
The Calvin Theatre
The big room in town: around 1,300 seats for the larger touring names, just round the corner from the Iron Horse.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton's hospital, with the emergency department. Worth knowing before you need it.
CVS Pharmacy
The chain option right on Main Street, with the everyday-essentials aisles alongside the pharmacy counter.
Forbes Library
The public library, and the closest one to campus — films, events, and a library card that isn't Smith's.
Foster Farrar True Value Hardware
Hardware, hooks, extension cords — the things house living quietly requires.
Greyhound stop (Old South Street)
Greyhound picks up curbside on Old South Street by the Northampton Market convenience store — about a minute's walk from the Peter Pan terminal, and easy to mix up with it, so check which one your ticket says.
Herrell's Ice Cream
A Northampton institution, and the answer to most questions that end with “shall we get something”.
Iron Horse Music Hall
The small room where touring folk, rock and indie acts have played since 1979 — a two-minute walk off Main Street.
Main Street ATMs
Florence Bank, TD, M&T, Chase and Northampton Cooperative all sit within a couple of blocks downtown.
Northampton Bicycle
Bike shop for sales and repairs — worth it, given how much closer a bike makes everything.
Northampton Brewery
Brewpub tucked into Brewster Court, and a standard destination once you turn 21.
Northampton Center for the Arts
Exhibitions, performances and classes in the arts district end of town.
The Parlor Room
An intimate listening room of about a hundred seats on Masonic Street, with the cafe next door.
Peter Pan Bus Terminal
Intercity coaches leave from Roundhouse Plaza by Crafts Avenue — the bus counterpart to the train station, and the usual way to Springfield, Boston or New York. Tickets online; the counter is closed.
Raven Used Books
Deep used stacks, and the better bet for a course book you'd rather not pay list price for.
State Street Fruit Store
The closest thing to a corner grocery — small, but near enough for a five-minute errand from much of campus.
Stop & Shop
Full-size supermarket up King Street. A PVTA stop sits right outside it, so it's an easy bus run with bags.
Thornes Marketplace
Independent shops stacked through an old department store; the default "let's go downtown".
Walmart
The big-box run for whatever a dorm room turns out to be missing — up on King Street next to Big Y, so a bike or the bus rather than a walk.
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