Williamsburg Transfer Station

Small-town transfer station on Mountain Street in Haydenville that people from Williamsburg and nearby towns use when hauling household trash and recycling. It’s the kind of place locals swing by with a pickup, a trailer, or a carload rather than driving all the way to a distant landfill. Expect a practical, working site rather than anything fancy.

Drive up the access road and you’ll see an entrance booth and a scale-vehicles usually stop at the booth first and then again to be weighed on the way out. There are compactors and large open pits where loads get dumped, and recyclable containers are grouped off to one side close to the entrance. Weekends and spring cleanups get busy, so lines can form; spaces for turning trailers are tight, so plan where to drop your load. The ground can be dusty or muddy depending on weather, and everyone is dressed for work rather than appearance.