Located in the Southwestern Massachusetts Mountains, the Berkshires is famous as a Premier Cultural Resort. There are arts, culture, museums, gardens and historic landmarks. Ski. Hike. Golf. Relax in a Spa. Visit the Basketball of Hall of Fame or a museum. Ride a roller coaster at Six Flags New England. Go antique shopping or visit an art gallery.

Western Massachusetts - Highlights

• Ashuwillticook Rail Trail -views of Mt. Greylock, cross country skiing
• Norman Rockwell Museum
• Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
• 19th century Mansions & Gardens
• Naumkeag
• The Mount

Berkshires MA - tourism & tourist attractions

• Great Barrington
  • Monument Mountain for easy to moderate hiking trails and a beautiful view- off Rt. 7
  • Race Brook trail South Egremont for a strenuous hiking trail off Rt. 41
• Hancock
• Lee
• Lenox
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music center
  • Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio
  • Shakespeare & company Theater Performances
  • The Mount House and gardens of Edith Wharton - tours

  • Yankee Inn

     Jacuzzi, fireplace suites for a perfect romantic getaway

• New Ashford
• North Adams
  • Ashuwillticook Rail Trail - Rt. 8 near Adams, Cheshire, Lanesboro
  • MASS MoCA - arts center
• Pittsfield
  • Berkshire Opera Company
  • The colonial Theater
  • Arrowhead - home of Melville who wrote Moby Dick
  • Hancock Shaker Village - 18th and 19th century buildings
• Richmond
• Stockbridge
  • Chesterwood Estate and Museum
  • Norman Rockwell Mseum
  • Naumkeag - mansion and gardens of Stanford While 1886
• Williamstown
  • Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - Impressionist paintings by Toulouse Lautrec, Monet, Degas, Renoir
  • Williams College Museum of Art
  • Williamstown Theatre Festival - Williams college campus
  • Mohawk Trail

Greater Springfield MA Area Highlights

Known as the Pioneer Valley

• Hiking and Biking
• Water Sports
• Basketball Hall of Fame
• Dr. Seuss National Memorial
• Six Flags New England Agawam near Springfield
• Art, Science and History Museums
• Springfield Armory National Historic Site
• Eric Carle Museum of Picture book Art - Amherst
• Smith College museum of Art
• Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
• Mt. Holyoke college Art Museum

Greater Springfield City MA - tourist attractions

• Amherst
  • The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
  • The Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts
  • Mead Art Museum
  • Emily Dickinson Museum
  • National Yiddish Book Center
  • University of Massachusetts UMass
• Chicopee
• Hadley
  • Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in south Hadley
  • The Lady Bea Cruise Boat in South Hadley - tour of Connecticut River
• Holyoke
  • Valleyball Hall of Fame
  • Wistariahurst Museum - historic house, tour, gardens
• Indian Orchard
  • Titanic Museum
• Ludlow
• Northampton
  • Smith College Museum of Art
  • Thornes Marketplace
  • Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary - Easy hiking trails off the Connecticut River south of Northampton
• Springfield
  • Six Flags New England in nearby Agawam - waterpark
  • Springfield Symphony Hall
  • George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
  • Museum of Fine Arts
  • Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
  • Naismith memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Springfield Science Museum
  • The Zoo in Forest Park
  • Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
  • Indian Motocycle Museum & Hall of Fame
  • Springfield Armory National Historic Site
  • Springfield Falcons - Professional American Hockey League Team
  • The Sand Trap at Twin Silos Miniature Golf nearby Agawam
• West Springfield
  • Eastern States Exposition - events all year round
  • Storrowton Village Museum - 19th century village
• Westfield

Franklin county and Mohawk Trail Area Highlights

• Northfield Mountain Recreation Area - hiking and mountain biking trails
• Historic Deerfield
• Deerfield River - Whitewater Rafting & float trips
• Mohawk Trail - state route 2 - 63 miles long from Millers falls to Williamstown - once a Native American trail now a beautiful scenic drive especially in the fall when the leaves change.
• Hail to the Sunrise monument commemorating the Mohawk Trail.
• Shelburne Falls Craft galleries & the Bridge of Flowers
• Yankee Candle Factory and store
• Great Falls discovery Center

Franklin County MA tourist attractions

• Deerfield
  • Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and Museum
  • Historic 18th and 19th century homes
• Greenfield
  • Old Greenfield Village
  • Poets Seat Tower

  Shelburne Falls

  • Bridge of Flowers - 1908 trolley bridge now a flowered pathway
• South Deerfield
  • Dr. Spooky's Animal Museum
  • Magic Wings butterfly Conservatory and Gardens
  • Candlemaking Museum of Yankee Candle

  Turners Falls

  • Great Falls Discovery Center