Local Attraction
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Attractions:
- Bash Bish Falls
- Bartholomew’s Cobble: Leisurely trails, birds and flowers. Over five miles of hiking trails to explore. Recognized by the National Park Service as a National Natural Landmark, the Cobble has more than 800 species of vascular plants, including 50 species of ferns and their allies.
- Berkshire Athenaum: Herman Melville Memorial Room houses collection of books, pictures, letters, and memorabilia relating to the author of Moby Dick
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: Magnificent displays of herbs, wildflowers, water plants, perennials, rock gardens, and even an alpine forest
- Chesterfield Gorge: Centuries of rushing water have carved a canyon through the ancient rock of the Hampshire County hills. A foot trail runs along the top of the gorge, giving dramatic views of the rock walls and the river.
- Hancock Shaker Village: Return to yesteryear to relive the peaceful ways of Shaker life. There are over 20 original Shaker buildings to see, as well as guided tours, dinners, authentic music, workshops, and demonstrations
- Santarella: Tyringham’s Gingerbread House, designed and built by Sir Henry Hudson Kitson, sculptor of the Lexington ‘Minuteman’ and the Pilgrim Maiden at Plymouth, MA. Now a museum and art gallery.
- The Bidwell House: The Bidwell House, one of the oldest and finest Colonial homes in the Berkshire Hills, home of the Reverend Adonijah Bidwell, who came to preach to the pioneer settlers of Tyringham, evokes the distinct daily life of the 18th century.
- Chesterwood Estate & Museum: The lovely summer estate — with its home, studio & grounds — of sculptor
Daniel Chester French, creator of The Lincoln Memorial.
- The Colonel John Ashley House
- Arrowhead: Site where Herman Melville lived from 1850-1863 and wrote MOBY DICK and other important works
- The Mission House: The home of Rev. John Sergeant, who came north from Yale to minister to the Mohican Indians in 1735. The house is filled with interesting Native American artifacts.
- The Mount: In addition to period furnishings, this summer home of novelist Edith Wharton serves as the summer home of Shakespeare & Co.
- Naumkeag: Designed by Stanford White for American diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate. Spectacular gardens
- Searles’ Castle: A lavish estate built by Mrs. Edward Searles, widow of railroad tycoon Mark Hopkins.
Main Street
- The Berkshire Museum: 18 galleries of art history and natural science; an aquarium complete
with interactive Touch The Sea touch tank; Little Cinema offering
the best in current American and foreign film; and tours, lectures,
demonstrations, and classes.
39 South Street, Route 7
Pittsfield, MA 01201
413-443-7171
HOURS: 10:00-5:00, Tuesday-Saturday; Sundays, 1:00-5:00 - Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum: Lots of model railroad displays and short train rides set in Lenox’s
old railroad station which dates back to the turn of the century.
Willow Creek Road
Lenox, MA
413-637-2210 - The Crane Museum of Papermaking: Situated in Crane’s historic 1845 old stone mill. Exhibits and
displays of nearly 200 years of papermaking in Dalton
Rtes. 8 & 9
Dalton, MA
413-684-6481 - Hudson Valley Arts Center: 337 Warren Street
Hudson, NY
518-828-2661 - The Norman Rockwell Museum: Visit the Norman Rockwell Museum founded with the help of Molly and
Norman Rockwell in his hometown of Stockbridge. Changing Rockwell
exhibits, stimulating programs and visually rich exhibits by other
noted illustrators, complement the museum’s permanent collection
of original Rockwell paintings.
Rte. 183
Stockbridge, MA 01262
413-298-4100 - The Shaker Museum & Library: 88 Museum Road, off Route 13
Old Chatham, NY
518-392-5400 - The Great Barrington Pottery: Rte. 41
Housatonic, MA
413-274-6259 - Williams College Museum of Art: One of the finest college art museums in the country, housing some
eleven thousand works that spans the history of art.
Main Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
413-597-2429 - Hancock Shaker Village: Return to yesteryear to relive the peaceful ways of Shaker life. There
are over 20 original Shaker buildings to see, as well as guided tours,
dinners, authentic music, workshops, and demonstrations.
Route 20
Pittsfield, MA
413-443-0188 - Tyringham Cobble: For a light stroll along a scenic trail. A two mile loop trail runs
to the summit of Cobble Hill, some 400 feet above the valley floor.
Tyringham, MA - Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is particularly well
known for its many French impressionist paintings, including more
than thirty from Renoir. Also included are noteworthy old master paintings
and a significant group of American works by Homer, Sargent, Cassatt,
and Remington.
225 South Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
413-458-9545 - Berkshire Dreams Gallery: Arts & Crafts by Berkshire Artists
177 Main Street
Great Barrington, MA
413-528-9884
MASS MoCA
87 Marshall
Street
North Adams, MA
01247
413-662-2111 - Busters
- Berkshire Opera Company
- Berkshire Friends of Music
- Armstrong chamber Concerts
- Berkshire Choral Festival
- Aston Magna Music Festival
- Williamstown Theatre Festival: Adams Memorial Theatre
100 Main Street
Williamstown, MA
413-597-3400 - The Theater Barn
- Tanglewood
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Activities:
- Ski Area: Catamount Ski
Area
Route 23 Hillsdale,
NY & S. Egremont, MA
800-342-1840
413-528-1262
http://www.catamountski.com
Ski Butternut
Route 23
Great Barrington,
MA
413-528-2000
800-438-SNOW
http://www.skibuttertnut.com - Golf: Undermountain Golf Course
A nine-hole executive yardage facility with alternate tees for the
second nine; 3,226 yards, par 65.
274 Undermountain Road
Copake, NY
518-329-4444
www.undermountaingolf.com
Waubeeka Golf Links
18-hole public golf course.
Rtes. 7 & 43
S. Williamstown, MA
413-458-5869
Copake Country Club
18 scenic championship holes open to the public.
44 Golf Course Road
Craryville, NY
518-325-4338
Cranwell Resort & Golf Club
An 18-hole championship course on the grounds of a 100-year old Tudor
mansion. Open to the public.
Rte. 20
Lenox, MA
413-637-1364
Egremont Country Club
An 18-hole championship golf course open to the public. Adjacent to
the Weathervane Inn.
Rte. 23
Gt. Barrington, MA 01258
413-528-4222
Forest Park Country Club
18-hole golf course open to the public.
Forest Park Avenue
Adams, MA
413-743-3311
Skyline Country Club
An 18-hole course open to the public.
Rte. 7
Lanesboro, MA
413-445-5584
- Miniature golf: Baker’s Golf Center
A 300-yard driving range and 18-hole miniature golf course with moveable
obstacles and small wooden buildings.
Rte. 7
Lanesboro, MA
413-443-6102
Open Daily, 10:00-10:00
A 300-yard driving range and 18-hole miniature golf course with moveable obstacles and small wooden buildings.
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